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CVE-2024-46951

An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An unchecked Implementation pointer in Pa

An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An unchecked Implementation pointer in Pattern color space could lead to arbitrary code execution.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00127
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-824Access of Uninitialized Pointer
CWE-824Access of Uninitialized Pointer
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Affected Products & Versions

5
artifex ghostscript< 10.04.0
debian linuxall versions
suse linux enterprise high performance computingall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
suse linux enterprise server for sapall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD10 Nov 2024 · 09:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

8
usnUSN-7138-1
usnUSN-7103-1
rhsaRHSA-2025:4362Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2025:7499Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2025:7422Moderate
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707991Permissions Required
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f49812186baa7d1362880673408a6fbe8719b4f8Patch
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.htmlProduct
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00023.html
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