CVE-2025-59799: artifex ghostscript Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2025-59799UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59799DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59799CGA-2vw7-7wrr-j6c7CGA-49c8-6wmj-jfwhCGA-4xvw-w4r2-546mCGA-52vm-9r75-ff7fCGA-749m-7v4m-gg56CGA-9jfw-qg9p-3h76CGA-m5pq-h7jp-rc52CGA-w526-xxvv-49g8
Published 22-09-2025Last modified 03-11-2025
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-59799 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 7Timeline
- 22-09-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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 value.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 7 sources · 1 versionMedium 5.5Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSources7 sources · 4.3–5.5
- CVE.orgCNA4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.20%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
10%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.20% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score0.20%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard4 products
- ghostscript< 10.07.0-r0
- ghostscript-dbg< 10.07.0-r0
- ghostscript-dev< 10.07.0-r0
- ghostscript-doc< 10.07.0-r0
Wolfi4 products
- ghostscript< 10.07.0-r0
- ghostscript-dbg< 10.07.0-r0
- ghostscript-dev< 10.07.0-r0
- ghostscript-doc< 10.07.0-r0
Alpine1 product
- ghostscript< 10.06.0-r0
Artifex1 product
- ghostscript≤ 10.05.1
Debian1 product
- ghostscript< 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 | < 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1 | < 10.06.0~dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
- ghostscript< 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10 | < 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5 | < 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2 | < 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13 | < 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8 | < 10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu4
6 vendors · 12 products
