Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting ghostscript package, versions <10.06.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-GHOSTSCRIPT-14177421
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed22 Sept 2025

Introduced: 22 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-59801  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 ghostscript to version 10.06.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.