CVE-2024-29506

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 59.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-07-03 00:00Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-02 01:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-03-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9543759403f25fcc1883aa2c6f70c836de84c90c5f88d6f04de4d1ef40d46ac2

• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
• git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=77dc7f699beba606937b7ea23b50cf5974fa64b1
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7