Medium severity · published Jul 3, 2024
CVE-2024-29507
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 sometimes has a stack-based buffer overflow via the CIDFSubstPath and CIDFSubstFont parameters
5.4
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 sometimes has a stack-based buffer overflow via the CIDFSubstPath and CIDFSubstFont parameters.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
before 10.03.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29507
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29507
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
Broken Link
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7745dbe24514
Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
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