What is CVE-2024-46954?

CVE-2024-46954 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-46954?

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

Path Traversal in Artifex Ghostscript

CVE-2024-46954

An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong UTF-8 encoding leads to possible ../ directory traversal.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.8th 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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46954?: CVE-2024-46954 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-46954?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.