CVE-2024-29509
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.1%
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-29509
To remediate CVE-2024-29509, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ghostscript—upgrade to 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 or later
Is CVE-2024-29509 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |