CVE-2024-46954
An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong UTF-8 encoding leads to possible ../ directory traversal.
02 Description
An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong UTF-8 encoding leads to possible ../ directory traversal.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-11-10 00:00Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-11-12 20:26Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-09-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e1fbd136af181fbe39c4cd22e21fb37cd21da010c2da6c46d37ca5b23bc12d06
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-doc Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-fonts Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-printing Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-x11 Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- libgs Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- libgs-devel Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 9
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- ghostscript-doc Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- ghostscript-tools-fonts Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- ghostscript-tools-printing Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- ghostscript-x11 Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- libgs Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- libgs-devel Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-doc Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-fonts Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-printing Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-x11 Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- libgs Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- libgs-devel Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- ghostscript-doc Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- ghostscript-tools-fonts Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- ghostscript-tools-printing Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- ghostscript-x11 Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- libgs Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
- libgs-devel Fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.04.0~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.04.0~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.