# CVE-2024-46951: An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0.


- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 10 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2024-46951, BELL-CVE-2024-46951, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46951, GHSA-38jp-8r92-cqg4, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46951

## What is CVE-2024-46951?

CVE-2024-46951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 10 Nov 2024. 

### Official description

An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An unchecked Implementation pointer in Pattern color space could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Weakness: CWE-824 (Access of Uninitialized Pointer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46951?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Artifex Ghostscript, Debian Debian Linux, Suse Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing, Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Linux Enterprise Server for Sap.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46951?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-46951 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46951 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2024-46951 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 10 Nov 2024. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46951 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-2024-46951/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46951/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46951
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46951
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46951

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46951/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.