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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2024-46953) An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string in base/gsdevice.c.

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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2024-46953) An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string in base/gsdevice.c.

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/10/2024
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/19/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and code execution.

Solution(s)

  • ghostscript-upgrade-10_04_0

References

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