CVE-2024-33871

Publication date 9 May 2024

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. contrib/opvp/gdevopvp.c allows arbitrary code execution via a custom Driver library, exploitable via a crafted PostScript document. This occurs because the Driver parameter for opvp (and oprp) devices can have an arbitrary name for a dynamic library; this library is then loaded.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 25.04 plucky
Fixed 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu9
24.10 oracular
Fixed 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu9
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.3
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.12
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6835-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 17 June 2024

Other references