CVE-2024-33871 Code injection in n/a
High 8.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-33871 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-33871 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 3 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33871 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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-2024-33871/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33871/index.md)
Attackers can execute arbitrary code via crafted PostScript documents by exploiting dynamic library loading in Ghostscript.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-33871?
CVE-2024-33871 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 3 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. contrib/opvp/gdevopvp.c allows arbitrary code execution via a custom Driver library, exploitable via a crafted PostScript document. This occurs because the Driver parameter for opvp (and oprp) devices can have an arbitrary name for a dynamic library; this library is then loaded.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33871?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
ghostscript AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-doc AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-tools-fonts AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-tools-printing AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-x11 AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 9.27-13.el8_10 |
libgs AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 9.27-13.el8_10 |
libgs-devel AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript-doc AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript-tools-fonts AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript-tools-printing AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript-x11 AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
libgs AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
libgs-devel AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-x11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
libgs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
libgs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-tools-fonts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-tools-printing Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
libgs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
libgs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:9.27-13.el8_10 |
ghostscript Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-16.el9_4 |
Products include Artifex Ghostscript.
How do I fix CVE-2024-33871?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2024-33871 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33871 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Ghostscript
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2024-33871, ALSA-2024:3999, ALSA-2024:4000, BELL-CVE-2024-33871, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-33871, GHSA-mq7h-fm69-h6xq and 16 more.