Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting ghostscript package, versions <10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-GHOSTSCRIPT-18021625
  • published20 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 Sept 2025

Introduced: 22 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-59798  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest ghostscript to version 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1