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CVE-2024-46952

Nov. 14, 2024, 2:01 a.m.

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

Products Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
artifex
  • ghostscript
  • *
debian
  • debian_linux
  • 12.0

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).

Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

CWE ID: 120

Date

Published: Nov. 10, 2024, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Nov. 14, 2024, 2:01 a.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@mitre.org

CPEs

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a artifex ghostscript / / / / / / / /
o debian debian_linux 12.0 / / / / / / /

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References