CVE-2024-29510 — Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1 allows memory corruption, and SAFER sandbox bypass, via format...

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Artifex Ghostscript).
2. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
3. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
4. EPSS ahead of 98% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
5. Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-693

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Public exploits, PoCs and detection templates

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Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 26, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 26, 2026
• Affected products added · artifex/ghostscript
  Oct 26, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 6.3
  Oct 26, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Analyzed
  Oct 26, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 26, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
• 2024
• CVE published
  Jul 3, 2024 · mitre

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 2× References added · Oct 26, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 26, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026

References

7 on the record

• www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/critical-vulnerability-in-ghostscript-cve-2024-29510
  Exploit, Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29510
  GitHub Security Advisories
• bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi
  Issue Tracking, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-r824-gq56-gjgx
  GitHub Security Advisories
• codeanlabs.com/blog/research/cve-2024-29510-ghostscript-format-string-exploitation/
  Exploit, Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
  Mailing List, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• codeanlabs.com/blog/research/cve-2024-29510-ghostscript-format-string-exploitation
  GitHub Security Advisories

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• Medium CVE-2026-103226 Artifex Ghostscript Pdfwrite gdevpsfx.c type1_callsubr stack-based overflow 27d
• Medium CVE-2021-45949 Out-of-bounds Write in Artifex Ghostscript Dec 31, 2021
• High CVE-2019-14869 A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.28, where the `.charkeys` procedure,... Nov 15, 2019
• High CVE-2017-8291 Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability KEV Apr 26, 2017

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2024-29510 is "Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1 allows memory corruption, and SAFER sandbox bypass, via format...", rated Medium. It affects Ghostscript (Artifex); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 6.3 describes technical severity. EPSS 27.97% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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