CVE-2024-29509

high

Description

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

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7

https://www.securityweek.com/attackers-exploiting-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-ghostscript/

https://securityaffairs.com/165449/hacking/ghostscript-vulnerability-cve-2024-29510.html?web_view=true

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=917b3a71fb20748965254631199ad98210d6c2fb

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-07-03

Updated: 2025-03-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00727