CVE-2024-46956
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.
02 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.
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
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.7% 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
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-11-10 00:00Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-03 22:19Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-09-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- bcf59fa769531708d1ab8c758603a5927c3ecc9cba38747aecfd356c1d341e71
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707895
- github.comhttps://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
- www.suse.comhttps://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/
- cgit.ghostscript.comhttps://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f4151f12db32cd3ed26c24327de714bf2c3ed6ca
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00023.html
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 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. 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 20.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.14
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm8Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm3Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
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.