USN-7623-1: ghostscript Ubuntu

Published
Published 08-07-2025Last modified 25-06-2026

Vulnerability summary

USN-7623-1 is a vulnerability in ghostscript Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 8 · Downstream 0 · Related 8
CVE-2023-39327CVE-2024-29508CVE-2024-56826CVE-2024-56827CVE-2025-27832CVE-2025-27835

Timeline

  1. 08-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ghostscript vulnerabilities It was discovered that OpenJPEG, vendored in Ghostscript did not correctly handle large image files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-39327) Thomas Rinsma discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle printing certain variables. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29508) It was discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle loading certain libraries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-33871) It was discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-56826, CVE-2024-56827, CVE-2025-27832, CVE-2025-27835, CVE-2025-27836) Vasileios Flengas discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle argument sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10 and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-48708)

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EPSS trend

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ENISA CNW

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CIRCL

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Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm9 | < 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm4 | < 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm1 | < 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.12 | < 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.7

1 vendor · 1 product

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