What is CVE-2024-29509?

CVE-2024-29509 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2024-29509?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Artifex Ghostscript

CVE-2024-29509

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a \000 byte in the middle.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Artifex Ghostscript
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-29509?: CVE-2024-29509 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2024-29509?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.