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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707788	Permissions Required
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=55f587dd039282316f512e1bea64218fd991f934	Patch
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-11-10 22:15

Updated : 2024-11-14 01:58

NVD link : CVE-2024-46954

Mitre link : CVE-2024-46954

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-46954

JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

ghostscript

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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