| Name | CVE-2024-29508 |
| Description | Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based pointer disclosure (observable in a constructed BaseFont name) in the function pdf_base_font_alloc. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3931-1, DSA-5760-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u8 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 10.04.0~dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a (ghostpdl-10.03.0)
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=147e5abd63d82c9ec3587c6f67a5d8ec7dc38e61 (ghostpdl-10.03.0)
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=d084021e06ba1caa1373fbbcf24a8510f43830ab (ghostpdl-10.03.0)