CVE-2024-46956

An issue was discovered in psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Out-of-bounds data access in filenameforall can lead to arbitrary code execution.

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 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=707895	Permissions Required
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f4151f12db32cd3ed26c24327de714bf2c3ed6ca	Patch
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html	Product
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00023.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:12.0:sp5:::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:::ltss:::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:::ltss_extended_security:::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server_for_sap:12:sp5::::::

History

03 Nov 2025, 23:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00023.html -

Information

Published : 2024-11-10 22:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 23:16

NVD link : CVE-2024-46956

Mitre link : CVE-2024-46956

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-46956

JSON object : View

Products Affected

suse

linux_enterprise_server_for_sap
linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing
linux_enterprise_server

debian

debian_linux

artifex

ghostscript

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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