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TI-2024-22350 Aliases CVE-2024-33869GHSA-v6hc-9c6c-f599

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1.

Priority LOW 24CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. Path traversal and command execution can occur (via a crafted PostScript document) because of path reduction in base/gpmisc.c. For example, restrictions on use of %pipe% can be bypassed via the aa/../%pipe%command# output filename.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00454 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 10.03.1VulnerableArtifex
  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.03.1 Vulnerable ·Artifex

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:6466 Released 2024-09-09 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    ghostscript security update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2) ghostscript-9.54.0-12.el9_2.2, ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.54.0-12.el9_2.2, ghostscript-tools-printing-9.54.0-12.el9_2.2 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) ghostscript-9.54.0-12.el9_2.2, ghostscript-doc-9.54.0-12.el9_2.2, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.54.0-12.el9_2.2 +4
  • RHSA-2024:6197 Released 2024-09-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    ghostscript security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) ghostscript-9.54.0-17.el9_4, ghostscript-doc-9.54.0-17.el9_4, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.54.0-17.el9_4 +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) ghostscript-9.54.0-17.el9_4, ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.54.0-17.el9_4, ghostscript-tools-printing-9.54.0-17.el9_4 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:6466
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:6197
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:6466
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:6197
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-33869
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v6hc-9c6c-f599

References

Other 2

  • TI-2017-05861 Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-02712 Improper input validation in ghostscript CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2023-13382 In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-11841 An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2024-19474 Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-14200 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c in Artifex… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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