CVE-2024-29509

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• 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

1.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 71.5% 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

2025-03-20 19:06Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-03-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c721e320e374b24622b351e6e4f2e8ec781f6750c1e14ae72cec7d6f1d0307ae

• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
• git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=917b3a71fb20748965254631199ad98210d6c2fb
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7