Buffer overflow in Ghostscript - CVE-2025-27832

 

Buffer overflow in Ghostscript - CVE-2025-27832

Published: March 27, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU106098
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-27832
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Artifex Software, Inc.
Affected software:
Ghostscript

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in contrib/japanese/gdevnpdl.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted document, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-27832

Install updates from vendor's website.

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