CVE-2024-46954
Ghostscript UTF-8 Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong UTF-8 encoding leads to possible ../ directory traversal.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 10, 2024, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 14, 2024, 1:58 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.5
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Cybersecurity News
Ghostscript Update Patches Six Critical Vulnerabilities: Code Execution, Buffer Overflow, and Path Traversal Risks
Popular document rendering engine Ghostscript has released a critical security update addressing multiple vulnerabilities, some of which could lead to remote code execution.Ghostscript, a widely used ... Read more
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CVE-2024-46954 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707788 No Types Assigned https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707788 Permissions Required Changed Reference Type https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=55f587dd039282316f512e1bea64218fd991f934 No Types Assigned https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=55f587dd039282316f512e1bea64218fd991f934 Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html No Types Assigned https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html Product Added CWE NIST CWE-22 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.04.0 -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Nov. 12, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-22 Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Nov. 10, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong UTF-8 encoding leads to possible ../ directory traversal. Added Reference MITRE https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707788 [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=55f587dd039282316f512e1bea64218fd991f934 [No types assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-46954
weaknesses.