CVE-2025-59798

Publication date 22 September 2025

Last updated 29 September 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 25.04 plucky
Fixed 10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.3 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7782-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 29 September 2025

Other references