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title: "CVE-2024-46955\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2024-46955

Publication date 30 October 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46955?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before
10.04.0. There is an out-of-bounds read when reading color in Indexed color
space.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ghostscript | 24.10 oracular | Fixed 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.14 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm3  Ubuntu Pro |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm8  Ubuntu Pro |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46955?format=md#patch-details)

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### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| ghostscript | * Upstream:   [?id=85b](https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=85bd9d2f4b792fe67aef22f1a4117457461b8ba6) * Upstream:   [?id=ca1](https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=ca1fc2aefe9796e321d0589afe7efb35063c8b2a) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-46955)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46955)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-46955)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-46955)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-7103-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7103-1)
+ Ghostscript vulnerabilities
+ 12 November 2024

+ [USN-7138-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7138-1)
+ Ghostscript vulnerabilities
+ 5 December 2024

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46955>