Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript Software
CVE-2025-27835

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Artifex Software, Inc.

Status
Ghostscript
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 March 2025

What is CVE-2025-27835?

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in Artifex Ghostscript versions prior to 10.05.0. This vulnerability arises during the conversion of glyphs to Unicode in the psi/zbfont.c component. An attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code, leading to serious security implications for users running affected versions of the software.

References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708131

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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