# CVE-2024-29510: Memory corruption in n/a

> Attackers can exploit format string injection in Ghostscript to cause memory corruption and bypass the SAFER sandbox, potentially executing arbitrary code.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2024-29510, BELL-CVE-2024-29510, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29510, GHSA-r824-gq56-gjgx, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29510

## What is CVE-2024-29510?

CVE-2024-29510 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 3 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1 allows memory corruption, and SAFER sandbox bypass, via format string injection with a uniprint device.

Weakness: CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29510?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Artifex Ghostscript.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-29510?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-29510 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-29510 exists.

Public exploit code:

- POC code for CVE-2024-29510 and demo VulnApp (github_poc): https://github.com/swsmith2391/CVE-2024-29510
- Ghostscript Command Execution via Format String (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Ghostscript

- [CVE-2017-8291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8291/): Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-3781](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3781/): Command injection in ghostscript (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-27831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27831/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-27832](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27832/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-27836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27836/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-29510 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-29510 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 3 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-29510 exists.

Affected product: Artifex Ghostscript. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29510/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29510/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29510
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29510
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29510

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29510/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.