CVE-2024-29508

NameCVE-2024-29508
DescriptionArtifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based pointer disclosure (observable in a constructed BaseFont name) in the function pdf_base_font_alloc.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ghostscript (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7vulnerable
bookworm, bookworm (security)10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4vulnerable
sid, trixie10.03.1~dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ghostscriptsource(unstable)10.03.0~dfsg-1

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)

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