CVE-2024-33871

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.

Published: 2024-07-03 Last update: 2025-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-33871 is rated Moderate Risk (60.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.70%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-33871

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-04 0.33% 0.70% +0.37%
2 2026-03-01 0.70% 0.33% -0.37%
3 2026-02-04 — 0.70% —

Full EPSS history (39 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-33871

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-33871

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-33871

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-33871: 1 source package rows (ghostscript); 88 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 6, open 82. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-33871
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-33871 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-33871
gentoo high CVE-2024-33871: 1 GLSA(s) (202409-03), 1 atom(s) (app-text/ghostscript-gpl); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2024-33871
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-33871
suse high CVE-2024-33871 severity important: SUSE including 36 source package names (ghostscript-10.03.1-1.1, ghostscript-10.05.0-160000.2.2, …), 103 product×package rows across 31 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS, … (31 product lines)): Fixed 103. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-33871/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-33871 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): released 7, needed 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-33871

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-33871

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
artifex ghostscript < 10.03.1 cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-33871

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