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Vulnerability details: VCID-7u9a-5pkt-4fbf
Vulnerability ID VCID-7u9a-5pkt-4fbf
Aliases CVE-2024-46956
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-46956.json
epss 0.00301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
epss 0.00327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707895
ssvc Track https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707895
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f4151f12db32cd3ed26c24327de714bf2c3ed6ca
ssvc Track https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f4151f12db32cd3ed26c24327de714bf2c3ed6ca
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
ssvc Track https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/
ssvc Track https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-46956.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46956
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-46956
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
2325047 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325047
GLSA-202501-06 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-06
?id=f4151f12db32cd3ed26c24327de714bf2c3ed6ca https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f4151f12db32cd3ed26c24327de714bf2c3ed6ca
News.html https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
RHSA-2025:4362 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4362
RHSA-2025:7422 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7422
RHSA-2025:7499 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7499
show_bug.cgi?id=707895 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707895
suse-su-20243942-1 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/
USN-7103-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7103-1/
USN-7138-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7138-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-46956.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707895
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T19:58:48Z/ Found at https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707895
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f4151f12db32cd3ed26c24327de714bf2c3ed6ca
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T19:58:48Z/ Found at https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f4151f12db32cd3ed26c24327de714bf2c3ed6ca
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T19:58:48Z/ Found at https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T19:58:48Z/ Found at https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.53424
EPSS Score 0.00301
Published At April 21, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:10:21.532111+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-06 38.0.0