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CVE-2024-46955: An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.29% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: ghostscript (Alpine:v3.18) 10.04.0-r0; ghostscript (Debian:11) 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9; ghostscript (Debian:12) 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to ghostscript (Alpine:v3.18) 10.04.0-r0; ghostscript (Debian:11) 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9; ghostscript (Debian:12) 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. There is an out-of-bounds read when reading color in Indexed color space.

Published
Nov 10, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 22th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
artifexghostscript
debiandebian linux
suselinux enterprise high performance computing
suselinux enterprise server
suselinux enterprise server for sap

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • artifex ghostscriptbefore 10.04.0
  • debian debian linux12.0
  • suse linux enterprise high performance computing12.0
  • suse linux enterprise server12
  • suse linux enterprise server for sap12

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.18ghostscriptbefore 10.04.0-r010.04.0-r0
Debian:11ghostscriptbefore 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u99.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9
Debian:12ghostscriptbefore 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u610.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6
Debian:13ghostscriptbefore 10.04.0~dfsg-110.04.0~dfsg-1
openSUSE:Leap 15.5ghostscriptbefore 9.52-150000.200.19.52-150000.200.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedghostscriptbefore 10.04.0-1.110.04.0-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5ghostscriptbefore 9.52-150000.200.19.52-150000.200.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSghostscriptbefore 9.52-23.86.19.52-23.86.1

Same product

artifex: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-8291Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile…KEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2021-3781A trivial sandbox (enabled with the `-dSAFER` option) escape flaw was found in the ghostscript interpreter by injecting a specially crafted…
    64This week
  • CVE-2016-7976The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
    60This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-46953Nov 10, 2024 · An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0.
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-46954Nov 10, 2024 · An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0.
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-46956Nov 10, 2024 · An issue was discovered in psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0.
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
alpine:ghostscript10.04.0-r0 · Alpine:v3.18Package registry (OSV)
debian:ghostscript10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:ghostscript9.52-150000.200.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.5Package registry (OSV)
suse:ghostscript9.52-150000.200.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-469560 days apartAn issue was discovered in psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-4042445 days apartGhostscript: incomplete fix for cve-2020-16305
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2023-38559467 days apartGhostscript: out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in dos
    22Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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