USN-7378-1
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
ghostscript vulnerabilities It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly serialized DollarBlend in certain fonts. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-27830) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled the DOCXWRITE TXTWRITE device. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-27831) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled the NPDL device. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-27832) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain long TTF file names. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-27833) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled oversized Type 4 functions in certain PDF documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-27834) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled converting certain glyphs to Unicode. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-27835) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled the BJ10V device. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-27836)
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•ghostscript
< 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15 | < 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11 | < 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5
References (8)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7378-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-27830
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-27831
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-27832
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-27833
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-27834
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-27835
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-27836