# CVE-2024-29511: ghostscript: Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1, when Tesseract is used for OCR, has a directory traversal issue that allows arbit... CVE-2024-29511 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9, released July 3, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-29511 - Priority: High - CVSS: 7.5 (high) - EPSS: 0.0114 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Jul 3, 2024 ## Description Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1, when Tesseract is used for OCR, has a directory traversal issue that allows arbitrary file reading (and writing of error messages to arbitrary files) via OCRLanguage. For example, exploitation can use debug_file /tmp/out and user_patterns_file /etc/passwd. ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | ghostscript Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 10.03.0~dfsg-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29511](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2024-29511.md) | Jul 3, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript Debian 14 | 10.03.0~dfsg-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29511](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2024-29511.md) | Jul 3, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 | [ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-ghostscript-9.55.0-dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9.md) | Jul 3, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3 | [ghostscript 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-noble-ghostscript-10.02.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3.md) | Jul 3, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-debugsource amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-doc amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-gtk amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-tools-fonts amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-tools-printing amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-x Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 | [ghostscript-x 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-ghostscript-x-9.55.0-dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9.md) | Jul 3, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-x11 amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | ghostscript-x11-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | libgs amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | libgs-common Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3 | [libgs-common 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-noble-libgs-common-10.02.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3.md) | Jul 3, 2024 | | Linux | libgs-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | libgs-devel amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 | [ALAS2023-2024-692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692.md) | Aug 1, 2024 | | Linux | libgs10 Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3 | [libgs10 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-noble-libgs10-10.02.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3.md) | Jul 3, 2024 | | Linux | libgs10-common Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3 | [libgs10-common 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-noble-libgs10-common-10.02.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3.md) | Jul 3, 2024 | | Linux | libgs9 Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 | [libgs9 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-libgs9-9.55.0-dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9.md) | Jul 3, 2024 | | Linux | libgs9-common Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 | [libgs9-common 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-libgs9-common-9.55.0-dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9.md) | Jul 3, 2024 | --- Data as of 2026-11-09T01:18:40Z UTC. 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