Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2024-29511
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1, when Tesseract is used for OCR, has a directory traversal issue that allows arbitrary file reading (and writing of error messages to arbitrary files) via OCRLanguage. For example, exploitation can use debug_file /tmp/out and user_patterns_file /etc/passwd.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (65.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-29511?
- CVE-2024-29511 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Active Debug Code. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-07-03.
- How severe is CVE-2024-29511?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-29511 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.