TI-2024-31346 Aliases CVE-2024-46954 GHSA-2v5c-72gh-q5f7

An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before…

LOW 39CWE-22Published 2024-11-10 · Updated 2024-11-12

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 6 fixed, 2 without a fix

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

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00546 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 6 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript::::::::	before 10.04.0	Vulnerable	Artifex

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.04.0 Vulnerable ·Artifex

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

RHSA-2025:7499 Released 2025-05-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
ghostscript security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) ghostscript-10.02.1-15.el10_0, ghostscript-doc-10.02.1-15.el10_0, ghostscript-tools-fonts-10.02.1-15.el10_0 +2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-10.02.1-15.el10_0, libgs-devel-10.02.1-15.el10_0
RHSA-2025:7422 Released 2025-05-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
ghostscript security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) ghostscript-9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript-doc-9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.54.0-18.el9_6 +4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) ghostscript-9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.54.0-18.el9_6, ghostscript-tools-printing-9.54.0-18.el9_6 +1
RHSA-2025:4362 Released 2025-04-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
ghostscript security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) ghostscript-9.27-16.el8_10, ghostscript-x11-9.27-16.el8_10, libgs-9.27-16.el8_10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) ghostscript-doc-9.27-16.el8_10, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.27-16.el8_10, ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.27-16.el8_10 +2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:7499
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:4362
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:7422
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:4362
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:7499
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:7422

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-46954
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2v5c-72gh-q5f7

References

Patch 1

https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=55f587dd039282316f512e1bea64218fd991f934

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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