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CVE-2025-59798

Published: Sep 22, 2025Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-121
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 91.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-121

Affected Products

ghostscriptartifexOSS Libraries
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
UbuntuCanonical Ltd.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
artifexcommercialUSOSS Librariesaka artifex software
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
and 7 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708539
bugs.ghostscript.com
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=0cae41b23a9669e801211dd4cf97b6dadd6dbdd7
cgit.ghostscript.com
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00010.html
lists.debian.org
and 14 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Sep 22, 2025
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2025

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