A vulnerability has been found in Artifex Ghostscript up to 10.0.2.x and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function pdf_base_font_alloc of the component BaseFont Name Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-29508. The attack can be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.