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)
ReferencesDSA-5760-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ghostscript (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7vulnerable
bookworm10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4vulnerable
bookworm (security)10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5fixed
sid, trixie10.04.0~dfsg-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ghostscriptsourcebookworm10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5DSA-5760-1
ghostscriptsource(unstable)10.03.0~dfsg-1

Notes

[bullseye] - ghostscript <postponed> (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update; http://people.debian.org/~abhijith/CVE-2024-29508.patch)
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)

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