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CVE-2024-46954

Q: Is CVE-2024-46954 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-46954 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.5% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-46954?

CVE-2024-46954 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2024-11-10
Fixed in10.04.0
WeaknessCWE-22

Am I affected?

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Description

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

Timeline

dates in UTC

2024-11-1022:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-46954?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-46954?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · CISA-ADP

Artifex ghostscript

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
10.4	< 10.04.0	10.04.0	NVD
10.4	= 10.04.0	no fix published	CISA-ADP

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

ghostscriptAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 9.54.0-18.el9_6and 7 other packages
ghostscriptAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10and 7 other packages

Full record on NVD

Fix

Update Artifex ghostscript to 10.04.0

Advisories and patches

cgit.ghostscript.comPatch

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-11-12
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CISA-ADPCVSS 3.18.42024-11-12
NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-222024-11-12
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.5 %2026-10-23
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2024-11-10
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46954?

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

Is CVE-2024-46954 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-46954 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.5% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-46954?

CVE-2024-46954 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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