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CVE-2025-59798: Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: ghostscript (Alpine:v3.23) 10.06.0-r0; ghostscript (Debian:11) 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11; ghostscript (Debian:12) 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to ghostscript (Alpine:v3.23) 10.06.0-r0; ghostscript (Debian:11) 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11; ghostscript (Debian:12) 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 22, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 10th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · mitre
4.3
1.2 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
artifexghostscript

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • artifex ghostscriptup to 10.05.1 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mitre). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Artifex Ghostscript

    • up to and including 10.05.1affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.23ghostscriptbefore 10.06.0-r010.06.0-r0
Debian:11ghostscriptbefore 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u119.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11
Debian:12ghostscriptbefore 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u810.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8
Debian:13ghostscriptbefore 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u110.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1
Debian:14ghostscriptbefore 10.06.0~dfsg-110.06.0~dfsg-1
openSUSE:Leap 15.6ghostscriptbefore 9.52-150000.211.19.52-150000.211.1
openSUSE:Leap 16.0ghostscriptbefore 10.06.0-160000.1.110.06.0-160000.1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedghostscriptbefore 10.06.0-2.110.06.0-2.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6ghostscriptbefore 9.52-150000.211.19.52-150000.211.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5ghostscriptbefore 9.52-23.97.19.52-23.97.1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-8291Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile KEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2021-3781A trivial sandbox (enabled with the `-dSAFER` option) escape flaw was found in the ghostscript interpreter by injecting a specially crafted
    64This week
  • CVE-2016-7976The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
    60This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-46646Apr 26, 2025 · In Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0, decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c mishandles overlong UTF-8 encoding.
    18Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-48708May 23, 2025 · gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case.
    13Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-59799Sep 22, 2025 · Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c via a large size v
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
alpine:ghostscript10.06.0-r0 · Alpine:v3.23Package registry (OSV)
debian:ghostscript10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:ghostscript9.52-150000.211.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
suse:ghostscript9.52-150000.211.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6Package registry (OSV)
suse:ghostscript9.52-23.97.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-597990 days apartArtifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c via a large size v
    22Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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