CVE-2025-59798

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7782-1

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c.

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled opening a file to write. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled performing OCR on certain files. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-09-22 CVE Reserved
2025-09-22 CVE Published
2025-11-03 CVE Updated
2026-04-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708539	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=0cae41b23a9669e801211dd4cf97b6dadd6dbdd7	2025-09-25

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Artifex Search vendor "Artifex"		Ghostscript Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Ghostscript"				<= 10.05.1 Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Ghostscript" and version " <= 10.05.1"		-		Affected