Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 5 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2024-33871 CVE-2024-33870 CVE-2024-29510 CVE-2024-33869 CVE-2024-29511 |
CWE-ID | CWE-427 CWE-20 CWE-134 CWE-22 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | Vulnerability #3 is being exploited in the wild. |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Ghostscript Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | Artifex Software, Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU92102
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-33871
CWE-ID:
CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to the "Driver" parameter for the "opvp"/"oprp" device specifies the name of a dynamic library and allows any library to be loaded. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted document to the application and execute arbitrary library on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise the affected system.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGhostscript: 9.00 - 10.03.0
External linkshttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2283508
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707754
http://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/gs10.03.1/News.html
http://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=7145885041bb52cc23964f0aa2aec1b1c82b5908
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU92284
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-33870
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGhostscript: 9.00 - 10.03.0
External linkshttp://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=79aef19c685984dc3da2dc090450407d9fbcff80
http://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/gs10.03.1/News.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU92282
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 9.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29510
CWE-ID:
CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a format string error. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted input that contains format string specifiers and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGhostscript: 9.00 - 10.03.0
External linkshttp://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=3b1735085ecef20b29e8db3416ab36de93e86d1f
http://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/gs10.03.1/News.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
EUVDB-ID: #VU92283
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-33869
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling oaths. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGhostscript: 9.00 - 10.03.0
External linkshttp://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f5336e5b4154f515ac83bc5b9eba94302e6618d4
http://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=5ae2e320d69a7d0973011796bd388cd5befa1a43
http://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/gs10.03.1/News.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU93816
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29511
CWE-ID:
CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences when Tesseract is used for OCR. A remote attacker can view arbitrary files on the system.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGhostscript: 9.00 - 10.03.0
External linkshttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3d4cfdc1a44
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.