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CVE-2024-46954

An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong UTF-8 encoding

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00129
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
artifex ghostscript< 10.04.0
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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 · 10:15 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
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:20592-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:21363-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:15413-1
usnUSN-7103-1
rhsaRHSA-2025:4362Moderate
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References & Sources

3
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=707788Permissions Required
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=55f587dd039282316f512e1bea64218fd991f934Patch
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.htmlProduct
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