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CVE-2024-46953

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-46953 is an integer overflow vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript versions prior to 10.04.0, specifically within the base/gsdevice.c component when parsing output filename format strings. This flaw can lead to path truncation, potentially enabling path traversal and remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction and local access, but can result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.04.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:12.0:sp5:*:*:-:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:*:*:-:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp5:*:*:ltss:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

9001patch availablevia llm_extracted
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gatsbyjspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
joinmastodonpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
mariadbpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: ghostscript-0:9.54.0-18.el9_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ghostscript-0:9.27-16.el8_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: ghostscript-0:10.02.1-15.el10_0
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gimp:flatpak/ghostscript

Vendor Advisories (5)

gatsbyjsllm-gatsbyjs-d2a2db116f1afcf5CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP6 Security Updates

Mar 3, 2025
9001llm-9001-fecf0327d92708b9CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP6 Security Updates

Mar 3, 2025
joinmastodonllm-joinmastodon-9b2d3b3c900c6299CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP6 Security Updates

Mar 3, 2025
mariadbllm-mariadb-7e20cc2309665f3eCRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP6 Security Updates

Mar 3, 2025
redhatCVE-2024-46953Moderate

ghostscript: Path Traversal and Code Execution via Integer Overflow in Ghostscript

Nov 10, 2024

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00023.html
bugs.ghostscript.com / show_bug.cgi
Permissions Required
cgit.ghostscript.com / cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit
Patch
github.com / ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
Product
suse.com / support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1
Third Party Advisory