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Out-of-bounds Read

CVE-2024-46955

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

An Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript, specifically in "psi/zcolor.c" during color processing in Indexed color space. This flaw could allow an attacker to trigger unexpected behavior or crash the application. This issue affects ghostpdl package versions prior to ghostpdl-10.04.0.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-125 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Out-of-bounds read is a vulnerability that allows access to memory beyond the authorized accessible location. Such a vulnerability compromises the confidentiality of the trusted environment in the application and enables an attacker to launch further attacks by leveraging the exposed information.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published