CVE-2024-29508

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based pointer disclosure (observable in a constructed BaseFont name) in the function pdf_base_font_alloc.

CVSS v3 3.3 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510	Issue Tracking
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a	Broken Link
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7	Mailing List Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510	Issue Tracking
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a	Broken Link
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00022.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7	Mailing List Technical Description Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

17 Mar 2025, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-122

Information

Published : 2024-07-03 18:15

Updated : 2025-03-17 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-29508

Mitre link : CVE-2024-29508

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-29508

JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

ghostscript

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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