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.
EPSS: 0.011 (63.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (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.