Vulnerability Details : CVE-2024-29511
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1, when Tesseract is used for OCR, has a directory traversal issue that allows arbitrary file reading (and writing of error messages to arbitrary files) via OCRLanguage. For example, exploitation can use debug_file /tmp/out and user_patterns_file /etc/passwd.
Vulnerability category: Directory traversal
Products affected by CVE-2024-29511
- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-29511
0.16%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 37 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2024-29511
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
3.9
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3.6
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134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | 2024-07-08 |
CWE ids for CVE-2024-29511
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The product is deployed to unauthorized actors with debugging code still enabled or active, which can create unintended entry points or expose sensitive information.Assigned by: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
References for CVE-2024-29511
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
oss-security - Re: Ghostscript 10.03.1 (2024-05-02) fixed 5 CVEs including CVE-2024-33871 arbitrary code executionMailing List
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https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3d4cfdc1a44
git.ghostscript.com GitBroken Link
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https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
707510 – Several vulnerabilities in Ghostscript (buffer overflows, partial SAFER bypass, pointer leak)Issue Tracking
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