Vulnerability identifier: #VU93812

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29509

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Ghostscript
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: Artifex Software, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when parsing passwords, when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a 00 byte in the middle. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass a specially crafted password to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash it.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ghostscript: 9.00 - 10.02.1

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External links
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=917b3a71fb20748965254631199ad98210d6c2fb
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7

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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.