UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29509

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-29509
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29509.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29509
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Published
2024-07-03T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T17:00:21Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a \000 byte in the middle.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9

Affected versions

9.*

9.54.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu2
9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu4
9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5
9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.1
9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.2
9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.3
9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4
9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.5
9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6
9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript",
            "binary_version": "9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
            "binary_version": "9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9",
            "binary_version": "9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common",
            "binary_version": "9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3

Affected versions

10.*

10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2
10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1
10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu1
10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2
10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu5
10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu6
10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7
10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript",
            "binary_version": "10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs-common",
            "binary_version": "10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev",
            "binary_version": "10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs10",
            "binary_version": "10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs10-common",
            "binary_version": "10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3"
        }
    ]
}