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Vulnerability details: VCID-46sq-cp61-p3eu
Vulnerability ID VCID-46sq-cp61-p3eu
Aliases CVE-2024-29508
Summary Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based pointer disclosure (observable in a constructed BaseFont name) in the function pdf_base_font_alloc.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.0
Risk 2.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-29508.json
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00022 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00022 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00022 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00022 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00022 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00023 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
epss 0.00023 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
cvssv3.1 3.3 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
ssvc Track https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
cvssv3.1 4.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 3.3 https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a
ssvc Track https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a
cvssv3.1 3.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29508
cvssv3.1 3.3 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
ssvc Track https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-29508.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29508
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-29508
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00022.html
2295627 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2295627
7 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2024-29508 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29508
?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a
show_bug.cgi?id=707510 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
USN-6897-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6897-1/
USN-7623-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7623-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-29508.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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-19T17:49:12Z/ Found at https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-19T17:49:12Z/ Found at https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29508
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-19T17:49:12Z/ Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.01719
EPSS Score 0.00014
Published At Aug. 7, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:44:30.024134+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/6897-1/ 37.0.0