Artifex Ghostscript up to 10.2.x PDFPassword heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Artifex Ghostscript up to 10.2.x. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component PDFPassword Handler. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-29509. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Artifex Ghostscript up to 10.2.x. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component PDFPassword Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a \000 byte in the middle.

The advisory is shared at bugs.ghostscript.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-29509 since 03/19/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 227904 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-29509), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 10.03.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (227904) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-26512). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 227904
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-29509

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ghostscript 10.03.0

Timelineinfo

03/19/2024 🔍
07/03/2024 +105 days 🔍
07/03/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/14/2025 +346 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: artifex.com

Advisory: bugs.ghostscript.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-29509 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-29509
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270321
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2024 20:30
Updated: 06/14/2025 15:56
Changes: 07/03/2024 20:30 (56), 07/06/2024 06:27 (1), 08/03/2024 15:52 (11), 03/06/2025 02:14 (3), 03/21/2025 05:24 (3), 06/14/2025 15:56 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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