CVE-2024-29511
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductArtifex Ghostscript
PublishedJul 3, 2024
First seenJul 3, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-489CWE-489
How to fix
Update
- artifex ghostscript10.03.1 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| artifex ghostscript | v < 10.03.1 | 10.03.1 |
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