CVE-2024-29509

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a \000 byte in the middle.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510	Issue Tracking
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=917b3a71fb20748965254631199ad98210d6c2fb	Broken Link
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510	Issue Tracking
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=917b3a71fb20748965254631199ad98210d6c2fb	Broken Link
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-07-03 18:15

Updated : 2025-03-20 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-29509

Mitre link : CVE-2024-29509

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-29509

JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

ghostscript

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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