CVE-2024-46956

7.8 HIGH

Published: November 10, 2024 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Out-of-bounds data access in filenameforall can lead to arbitrary code execution.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707895

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required

https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f4151f12db32cd3ed26c24327de714bf2c3ed6ca

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Product

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00023.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

5 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.2%

47th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125 CWE-125

Affected Vendors

debian artifex suse

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