What is CVE-2024-46952?

CVE-2024-46952 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-46952?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Artifex Ghostscript

CVE-2024-46952

An issue was discovered in pdf/pdf_xref.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. There is a buffer overflow during handling of a PDF XRef stream (related to W array values).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (23.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Artifex Ghostscript
Debian Debian_linux — versions 12.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required)
cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46952?: CVE-2024-46952 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-46952?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.