Out-of-bounds Read in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2024-46955
An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. There is an out-of-bounds read when reading color in Indexed color space.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (20.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript
- Debian Linux — versions 12.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing — versions 12.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For SAP — versions 12
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required)
- github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html (Product)
- www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/ (Third Party Advisory)
- cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/ (Patch)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-46955?
- CVE-2024-46955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-11-10.
- How severe is CVE-2024-46955?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.