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

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

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (73.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Artifex Ghostscript

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
git.ghostscript.com/ (Broken Link)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7 (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.