CVE-2024-46953 (GCVE-0-2024-46953)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-10 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:19
VLAI?
Summary
An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and code execution.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "affected": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:10.04.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "defaultStatus": "unknown",
            "product": "ghostscript",
            "vendor": "artifex",
            "versions": [
              {
                "status": "affected",
                "version": "10.04.0"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "metrics": [
          {
            "cvssV3_1": {
              "attackComplexity": "LOW",
              "attackVector": "LOCAL",
              "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
              "baseScore": 7.8,
              "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
              "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
              "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
              "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
              "scope": "UNCHANGED",
              "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
              "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
              "version": "3.1"
            }
          },
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2024-46953",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "total"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2024-11-12T19:59:32.165336Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "problemTypes": [
          {
            "descriptions": [
              {
                "cweId": "CWE-190",
                "description": "CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound",
                "lang": "en",
                "type": "CWE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-11-12T20:19:56.551Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      },
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T22:19:52.060Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00023.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and code execution."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2024-11-10T21:14:20.813Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707793"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=1f21a45df0fa3abec4cff12951022b192dda3c00"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2024-46953",
    "datePublished": "2024-11-10T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2024-09-16T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T22:19:52.060Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "fkie_nvd": {
      "configurations": "[{\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"versionEndExcluding\": \"10.04.0\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"4202C3F1-622D-4443-B2F0-1C26F73BD662\"}]}]}, {\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"46D69DCC-AE4D-4EA5-861C-D60951444C6C\"}]}]}, {\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:12.0:sp5:*:*:-:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"F8C8AD43-557D-4285-BA46-9C5785F53229\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:*:*:-:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"9F714147-87CC-4DAF-81E4-C6DFA7C4F2AE\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:*:*:ltss:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"930B3D1B-202E-4FE9-8737-329874F1D821\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:*:*:ltss_extended_security:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"AE1A79C4-DC01-4CC6-A745-C20E70C3FF03\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server_for_sap:12:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"21ED3679-51E2-4D12-84AD-ACCE27B55F13\"}]}]}]",
      "descriptions": "[{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and code execution.\"}, {\"lang\": \"es\", \"value\": \"Se descubri\\u00f3 un problema en base/gsdevice.c en Artifex Ghostscript anterior a la versi\\u00f3n 10.04.0. Un desbordamiento de enteros al analizar la cadena de formato de nombre de archivo (para el nombre de archivo de salida) da como resultado el truncamiento de la ruta y la posible traves\\u00eda de la ruta y la ejecuci\\u00f3n del c\\u00f3digo.\"}]",
      "id": "CVE-2024-46953",
      "lastModified": "2024-11-14T02:01:09.580",
      "metrics": "{\"cvssMetricV31\": [{\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"cvssData\": {\"version\": \"3.1\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\", \"baseScore\": 7.8, \"baseSeverity\": \"HIGH\", \"attackVector\": \"LOCAL\", \"attackComplexity\": \"LOW\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"NONE\", \"userInteraction\": \"REQUIRED\", \"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"integrityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"HIGH\"}, \"exploitabilityScore\": 1.8, \"impactScore\": 5.9}, {\"source\": \"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\", \"type\": \"Secondary\", \"cvssData\": {\"version\": \"3.1\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\", \"baseScore\": 7.8, \"baseSeverity\": \"HIGH\", \"attackVector\": \"LOCAL\", \"attackComplexity\": \"LOW\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"NONE\", \"userInteraction\": \"REQUIRED\", \"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"integrityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"HIGH\"}, \"exploitabilityScore\": 1.8, \"impactScore\": 5.9}]}",
      "published": "2024-11-10T22:15:12.750",
      "references": "[{\"url\": \"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707793\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Permissions Required\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=1f21a45df0fa3abec4cff12951022b192dda3c00\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Patch\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Product\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/\", \"source\": \"cve@mitre.org\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}]",
      "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
      "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
      "weaknesses": "[{\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"description\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"CWE-190\"}]}, {\"source\": \"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\", \"type\": \"Secondary\", \"description\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"CWE-190\"}]}]"
    },
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2024-46953\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"published\":\"2024-11-10T22:15:12.750\",\"lastModified\":\"2025-11-03T23:16:11.553\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and code execution.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"Se descubri\u00f3 un problema en base/gsdevice.c en Artifex Ghostscript anterior a la versi\u00f3n 10.04.0. Un desbordamiento de enteros al analizar la cadena de formato de nombre de archivo (para el nombre de archivo de salida) da como resultado el truncamiento de la ruta y la posible traves\u00eda de la ruta y la ejecuci\u00f3n del c\u00f3digo.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV31\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\",\"baseScore\":7.8,\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"attackVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"REQUIRED\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":1.8,\"impactScore\":5.9},{\"source\":\"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\",\"baseScore\":7.8,\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"attackVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"REQUIRED\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":1.8,\"impactScore\":5.9}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-190\"}]},{\"source\":\"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-190\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"10.04.0\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"4202C3F1-622D-4443-B2F0-1C26F73BD662\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"46D69DCC-AE4D-4EA5-861C-D60951444C6C\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:12.0:sp5:*:*:-:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F8C8AD43-557D-4285-BA46-9C5785F53229\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:*:*:-:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"9F714147-87CC-4DAF-81E4-C6DFA7C4F2AE\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:*:*:ltss:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"930B3D1B-202E-4FE9-8737-329874F1D821\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:*:*:ltss_extended_security:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"AE1A79C4-DC01-4CC6-A745-C20E70C3FF03\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server_for_sap:12:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"21ED3679-51E2-4D12-84AD-ACCE27B55F13\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707793\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Permissions Required\"]},{\"url\":\"https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=1f21a45df0fa3abec4cff12951022b192dda3c00\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Product\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00023.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}]}}",
    "vulnrichment": {
      "containers": "{\"adp\": [{\"title\": \"CISA ADP Vulnrichment\", \"metrics\": [{\"cvssV3_1\": {\"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"version\": \"3.1\", \"baseScore\": 7.8, \"attackVector\": \"LOCAL\", \"baseSeverity\": \"HIGH\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\", \"integrityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"userInteraction\": \"REQUIRED\", \"attackComplexity\": \"LOW\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"NONE\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"HIGH\"}}, {\"other\": {\"type\": \"ssvc\", \"content\": {\"id\": \"CVE-2024-46953\", \"role\": \"CISA Coordinator\", \"options\": [{\"Exploitation\": \"none\"}, {\"Automatable\": \"no\"}, {\"Technical Impact\": \"total\"}], \"version\": \"2.0.3\", \"timestamp\": \"2024-11-12T19:59:32.165336Z\"}}}], \"affected\": [{\"cpes\": [\"cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:10.04.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\"], \"vendor\": \"artifex\", \"product\": \"ghostscript\", \"versions\": [{\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"10.04.0\"}], \"defaultStatus\": \"unknown\"}], \"problemTypes\": [{\"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"CWE\", \"cweId\": \"CWE-190\", \"description\": \"CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\", \"shortName\": \"CISA-ADP\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2024-11-12T20:19:46.348Z\"}}], \"cna\": {\"affected\": [{\"vendor\": \"n/a\", \"product\": \"n/a\", \"versions\": [{\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"n/a\"}]}], \"references\": [{\"url\": \"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707793\"}, {\"url\": \"https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html\"}, {\"url\": \"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/\"}, {\"url\": \"https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=1f21a45df0fa3abec4cff12951022b192dda3c00\"}], \"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and code execution.\"}], \"problemTypes\": [{\"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"text\", \"description\": \"n/a\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca\", \"shortName\": \"mitre\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2024-11-10T21:14:20.813854\"}}}",
      "cveMetadata": "{\"cveId\": \"CVE-2024-46953\", \"state\": \"PUBLISHED\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2024-11-12T20:19:56.551Z\", \"dateReserved\": \"2024-09-16T00:00:00\", \"assignerOrgId\": \"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca\", \"datePublished\": \"2024-11-10T00:00:00\", \"assignerShortName\": \"mitre\"}",
      "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
      "dataVersion": "5.1"
    }
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.