4.3

CVE-2025-59801: artifex ghostxps Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2025-59801UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59801DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59801
Published 22-09-2025Last modified 23-09-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-59801 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in artifex ghostxps. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15707-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20592-1

Timeline

  1. 22-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-09-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Artifex GhostXPS before 10.06.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in xps_unpredict_tiff in xpstiff.c because the samplesperpixel value is not checked.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • ghostscript< 10.06.0-r0
Artifex1 product
Debian1 product
  • ghostscriptAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 10.06.0~dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • ghostscriptAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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