CVE-2024-46954

ghostscript: An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in ArtifexGhostscript before 10.04.0

CVE-2024-46954 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by ghostscript 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4, released October 29, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0055
46th percentile

An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in ArtifexGhostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong UTF-8 encoding leads to possible ../directory traversal.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
ghostscript · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 10.04.0~dfsg-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46954 Nov 10, 2024
ghostscript · Debian 14 10.04.0~dfsg-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46954 Nov 10, 2024
ghostscript · RHEL 10 10.02.1-15.el10_0 RHSA-2025:7499 Nov 10, 2024
ghostscript · RHEL 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 RHSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript · RHEL 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 RHSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 ghostscript 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 Oct 29, 2024
ghostscript · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 ghostscript 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 Oct 30, 2024
ghostscript · almalinux 8 9.27-16.el8_10 ALSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript · almalinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6 ALSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript · ol 10 0:10.02.1-16.el10_0 ELSA-2025-7499 Jun 30, 2025
ghostscript · ol 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 ELSA-2025-4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript · ol 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 ELSA-2025-7422 May 21, 2025
ghostscript · rocky 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 RLSA-2025:4362 Jul 29, 2025
ghostscript-doc · RHEL 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 RHSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-doc · RHEL 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 RHSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript-doc · almalinux 8 9.27-16.el8_10 ALSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-doc · almalinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6 ALSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript-doc · ol 10 0:10.02.1-16.el10_0 ELSA-2025-7499 Jun 30, 2025
ghostscript-doc · ol 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 ELSA-2025-4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-doc · ol 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 ELSA-2025-7422 May 21, 2025
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · RHEL 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 RHSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · RHEL 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 RHSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · almalinux 8 9.27-16.el8_10 ALSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · almalinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6 ALSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · ol 10 0:10.02.1-16.el10_0 ELSA-2025-7499 Jun 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · ol 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 ELSA-2025-4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · ol 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 ELSA-2025-7422 May 21, 2025
ghostscript-tools-fonts · RHEL 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 RHSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-fonts · RHEL 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 RHSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript-tools-fonts · almalinux 8 9.27-16.el8_10 ALSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-fonts · almalinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6 ALSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript-tools-fonts · ol 10 0:10.02.1-16.el10_0 ELSA-2025-7499 Jun 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-fonts · ol 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 ELSA-2025-4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-fonts · ol 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 ELSA-2025-7422 May 21, 2025
ghostscript-tools-printing · RHEL 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 RHSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-printing · RHEL 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 RHSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript-tools-printing · almalinux 8 9.27-16.el8_10 ALSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-printing · almalinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6 ALSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript-tools-printing · ol 10 0:10.02.1-16.el10_0 ELSA-2025-7499 Jun 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-printing · ol 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 ELSA-2025-4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-tools-printing · ol 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 ELSA-2025-7422 May 21, 2025
ghostscript-x11 · RHEL 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 RHSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-x11 · RHEL 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 RHSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript-x11 · almalinux 8 9.27-16.el8_10 ALSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-x11 · almalinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6 ALSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
ghostscript-x11 · ol 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 ELSA-2025-4362 Apr 30, 2025
ghostscript-x11 · ol 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 ELSA-2025-7422 May 21, 2025
libgs · RHEL 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 RHSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
libgs · RHEL 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 RHSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
libgs · almalinux 8 9.27-16.el8_10 ALSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
libgs · almalinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6 ALSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
libgs · ol 10 0:10.02.1-16.el10_0 ELSA-2025-7499 Jun 30, 2025
libgs · ol 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 ELSA-2025-4362 Apr 30, 2025
libgs · ol 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 ELSA-2025-7422 May 21, 2025
libgs-common · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 libgs-common 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 Oct 29, 2024
libgs-common · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 libgs-common 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 Oct 30, 2024
libgs-devel · RHEL 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 RHSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
libgs-devel · RHEL 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 RHSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
libgs-devel · almalinux 8 9.27-16.el8_10 ALSA-2025:4362 Apr 30, 2025
libgs-devel · almalinux 9 9.54.0-18.el9_6 ALSA-2025:7422 May 13, 2025
libgs-devel · ol 10 0:10.02.1-16.el10_0 ELSA-2025-7499 Jun 30, 2025
libgs-devel · ol 8 0:9.27-16.el8_10 ELSA-2025-4362 Apr 30, 2025
libgs-devel · ol 9 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 ELSA-2025-7422 May 21, 2025
libgs10 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 libgs10 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 Oct 29, 2024
libgs10 · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 libgs10 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 Oct 30, 2024
libgs10-common · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 libgs10-common 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 Oct 29, 2024
libgs10-common · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 libgs10-common 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 Oct 30, 2024

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