PT-2024-7981 · Artifex+5 · Artifex Ghostscript+5

Published 2024-09-16 · Updated 2026-05-13 · CVE-2024-46955

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Artifex Ghostscript versions prior to 10.04.0

Description An issue was discovered in the psi/zcolor.c component of Artifex Ghostscript, related to an out-of-bounds read when reading color in Indexed color space. This can lead to a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.04.0, update to version 10.04.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the Indexed color space in psi/zcolor.c until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-09494

CVE-2024-46955

DLA-3965-1

DSA-5808-1

MGASA-2024-0326

OESA-2024-2355

OESA-2024-2356

OESA-2024-2359

OESA-2024-2412

OESA-2024-2413

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14423-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3941-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3941-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3942-1

USN-7103-1

USN-7138-1

Affected Products

Artifex Ghostscript

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 74

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46955 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46955 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:3942-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7103-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2024-0326 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14423-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2024-2413 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46955 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7103-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5808-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46954 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46951 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2024-2412 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2025-0923SE17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46955 · Vendor Advisory