Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting ghostscript package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-GHOSTSCRIPT-13004320
  • published23 Sept 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?

There is no fixed version for Debian:13 ghostscript.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 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.