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CVE-2024-29506

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the pdfi_apply_filter() function via a long PDF filter name.

Affected products

• Artifex Ghostscript: before 10.03.0 — fixed in 10.03.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Artifex Ghostscript 10.03.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
• https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=77dc7f699beba606937b7ea23b50cf5974fa64b1
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
• https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=77dc7f699beba606937b7ea23b50cf5974fa64b1
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7

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