CVE-2025-59800
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7782-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8.
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.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track*
Timeline
- 2025-09-22 CVE Reserved
- 2025-09-22 CVE Published
- 2025-09-25 CVE Updated
- 2026-04-26 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CAPEC
References (2)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708602 | Issue Tracking |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=176cf0188a2294bc307b8caec876f39412e58350 | 2025-09-23 |
| 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
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