CVE-2024-29508

Published: Jul 3, 2024Modified: Mar 17, 2025

3.3

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: NVD

Description

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based pointer disclosure (observable in a constructed BaseFont name) in the function pdf_base_font_alloc.

Affected (1)

Products: Artifex: Ghostscript

Artifex

1 product

Ghostscript

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Artifex Ghostscript	Before 10.03.0

Related CWEs

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

References (7)

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00022.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

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