CVE-2025-27834
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs via an oversized Type 4 function in a PDF document to pdf/pdf_func.c.
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs via an oversized Type 4 function in a PDF document to pdf/pdf_func.c.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 17.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-03-25 00:00Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-03-26 13:48Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-03-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 66de20f71b7058f3cbd3137097b60e70498bfd3239cd06965274d54384ba8d0f
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708253
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.05.0~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.05.0~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.