CVE-2024-33871
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.70%
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. contrib/opvp/gdevopvp.c allows arbitrary code execution via a custom Driver library, exploitable via a crafted PostScript document. This occurs because the Driver parameter for opvp (and oprp) devices can have an arbitrary name for a dynamic library; this library is then loaded.
How to fix CVE-2024-33871
To remediate CVE-2024-33871, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 10.04.0-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 or later
Is CVE-2024-33871 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 10.04.0-r0
- from 0, < 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7
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 |