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Vulnerability details: VCID-k2rj-x3d7-ryd2
Vulnerability ID VCID-k2rj-x3d7-ryd2
Aliases CVE-2024-46955
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 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-46955.json
epss 0.00044 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
epss 0.00047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
epss 0.00047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
epss 0.00047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
epss 0.00047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
epss 0.00047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
epss 0.00047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
epss 0.00047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
epss 0.00047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
epss 0.00047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
epss 0.00047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707990
ssvc Track https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707990
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=85bd9d2f4b792fe67aef22f1a4117457461b8ba6
ssvc Track https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=85bd9d2f4b792fe67aef22f1a4117457461b8ba6
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
ssvc Track https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
cvssv3.1 5.5 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-2024-46955.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-46955
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-46955
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
2325042 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325042
GLSA-202501-06 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-06
?id=85bd9d2f4b792fe67aef22f1a4117457461b8ba6 https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=85bd9d2f4b792fe67aef22f1a4117457461b8ba6
News.html https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
show_bug.cgi?id=707990 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707990
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:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-46955.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:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707990
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T19:58:59Z/ Found at https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707990
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=85bd9d2f4b792fe67aef22f1a4117457461b8ba6
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T19:58:59Z/ Found at https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=85bd9d2f4b792fe67aef22f1a4117457461b8ba6
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N/I:N/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:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T19:58:59Z/ 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:N/I:N/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:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T19:58:59Z/ Found at https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.13337
EPSS Score 0.00044
Published At April 21, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:10:21.521937+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-06 38.0.0