CVE-2024-46955 Memory corruption in n/a
An out-of-bounds read in Ghostscript's color handling can cause crashes or leak memory, affecting applications using the library.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-46955?
CVE-2024-46955 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 10 Nov 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46955?
It affects 5 products.
Products include 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-2024-46955?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-46955 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46955 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Ghostscript
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2024-46955, BELL-CVE-2024-46955, CLSA-2026-1784126222, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46955, GHSA-w9j2-h8vr-446x, OESA-2024-2412 and 2 more.