CVE-2024-33869

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% 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-22

Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. Path traversal and command execution can occur (via a crafted PostScript document) because of path reduction in base/gpmisc.c. For example, restrictions on use of %pipe% can be bypassed via the aa/../%pipe%command# output filename.

Affected products

Artifex Ghostscript: before 10.03.1 — fixed in 10.03.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Artifex Ghostscript 10.03.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707691
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/28/2
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707691
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/28/2

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