CVE-2025-7462: artifex ghostpdl Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-7462 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability in artifex ghostpdl. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 12-07-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability was found in Artifex GhostPDL up to 3989415a5b8e99b9d1b87cc9902bde9b7cdea145. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function pdf_ferror of the file devices/vector/gdevpdf.c of the component New Output File Open Error Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The identifier of the patch is 619a106ba4c4abed95110f84d5efcd7aee38c7cb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
CVSS metrics
10 scores · 4 sources · 4 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVDNIST5.3MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVDNIST4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVDNIST5.0MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS trend
Probability
0.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
39%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.06 pp
From 0.40% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Artifex1 product
- ghostpdl3989415a5b8e99b9d1b87cc9902bde9b7cdea145
Debian1 product
- ghostscript< 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 | < 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1 | < 10.05.1~dfsg-2
Ubuntu1 product
- ghostscriptAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13 | < 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8 | < 10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu4
3 vendors · 3 products
