CVE-2024-29511

Published: March 7, 2024
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.
HIGH
CVSS v3: 7.5

Status

DocFilters Release Package State Justification Comment
25.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.4 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.4.0 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.3 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.2.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.2 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
23.3 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
23.2.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
23.2 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
23.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
22.4 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
22.3 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
22.2 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
22.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.11.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.11 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.8.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.8 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.5.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.5.0 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.2.0 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.20 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.19.3667 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.18.3599 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.17 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.16.3445 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.15.3368 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.14.3263 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.13.3179 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.12.3054 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.11.3040 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.11.2990 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.10.2934 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.9.2878 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.8.2822 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage

Severity score breakdown

Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Availability Impact
NONE
Base Score
7.5
Base Severity
HIGH
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
User Interaction
NONE
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Version
3.1

References