CVE-2024-46954

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. 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.

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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=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

14 Nov 2024, 01:58

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Artifex ghostscript
Artifex
References () https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html - () https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html - Product
References () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707788 - () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707788 - Permissions Required
References () https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=55f587dd039282316f512e1bea64218fd991f934 - () https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=55f587dd039282316f512e1bea64218fd991f934 - Patch
CPE cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-22
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8

10 Nov 2024, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2024-11-10 22:15

Updated : 2025-08-15 20:38

NVD link : CVE-2024-46954

Mitre 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')