What is CVE-2024-29508?

CVE-2024-29508 is a low-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2024-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2024-29508?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Artifex Ghostscript

CVE-2024-29508

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based pointer disclosure (observable in a constructed BaseFont name) in the function pdf_base_font_alloc.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-07-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Artifex Ghostscript

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
git.ghostscript.com/ (Broken Link)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7 (Technical Description, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-29508?: CVE-2024-29508 is a low-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2024-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2024-29508?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.