Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting ghostscript package, versions <0:9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.19


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-GHOSTSCRIPT-13561238
  • published16 Oct 2025
  • disclosed22 Sept 2025

Introduced: 22 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-59800  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 ghostscript to version 0:9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.19 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1218.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1