CVE-2024-33870

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 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. There is path traversal (via a crafted PostScript document) to arbitrary files if the current directory is in the permitted paths. For example, there can be a transformation of ../../foo to ./../../foo and this will grant access if ./ is permitted.

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=707686
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/28/2
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707686
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/28/2

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