CVE-2025-7462

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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 39.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2025-07-12 05:32Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-03 17:45Z12 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-07-11

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X

Weaknesses

• CWE-404Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseClass
• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

5aae46082fbe4fc798a409120f9a9e78bcf7d256dd79d3d8375ad3383a61ed67

• vuldb.comVDB-316113 | Artifex GhostPDL New Output File Open Error gdevpdf.c pdf_ferror null pointer dereferencehttps://vuldb.com/?id.316113vdb-entrytechnical-description
• vuldb.comVDB-316113 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.316113signaturepermissions-required
• vuldb.comSubmit #610173 | ArtifexSoftware GhostPDL 3989415a5b8e99b9d1b87cc9902bde9b7cdea145 NULL Pointer Dereferencehttps://vuldb.com/?submit.610173third-party-advisory
• cgit.ghostscript.comhttps://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=619a106ba4c4patch
• artifex.comhttps://artifex.com/product
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00010.html