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CVE-2024-46952

Published: Nov 10, 2024Updated: Nov 14, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-120
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 76.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in pdf/pdf_xref.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. There is a buffer overflow during handling of a PDF XRef stream (related to W array values).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected Products

ghostscriptartifexOSS Libraries
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
artifexcommercialUSOSS Librariesaka artifex software
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
and 5 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708001
bugs.ghostscript.com
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=b1f0827c30f59a2dcbc8a39e42cace7a1de35f7f
cgit.ghostscript.com
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
github.com
and 9 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Nov 10, 2024
Last Updated
Nov 14, 2024

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