{"id":"USN-7782-1","summary":"ghostscript vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled opening a file to\nwrite. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2025-7462)\n\nIt was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing certain\nfiles. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2025-59798, CVE-2025-59799)\n\nIt was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled performing OCR on\ncertain files. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2025-59800)","modified":"2026-04-27T18:33:14.350898146Z","published":"2025-09-29T11:39:03Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59798","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59799","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59800","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7462"],"upstream":["CVE-2025-59798","CVE-2025-59799","CVE-2025-59800","CVE-2025-7462","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59798","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59799","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59800","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7462"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7782-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-7462"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-59798"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-59799"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-59800"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13"}]}],"versions":["9.54.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu2","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu4","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.1","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.2","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.3","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.5","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.6","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11","9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.12"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ghostscript","binary_version":"9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13"},{"binary_name":"ghostscript-x","binary_version":"9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13"},{"binary_name":"libgs9","binary_version":"9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13"},{"binary_name":"libgs9-common","binary_version":"9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7782-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2025-7462","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","type":"CVSS_V4"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2025-59798","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2025-59799","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2025-59800","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8"}]}],"versions":["10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2","10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu1","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu5","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu6","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.1","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.6","10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ghostscript","binary_version":"10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8"},{"binary_name":"libgs-common","binary_version":"10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8"},{"binary_name":"libgs10","binary_version":"10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8"},{"binary_name":"libgs10-common","binary_version":"10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7782-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2025-7462","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","type":"CVSS_V4"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2025-59798","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2025-59799","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2025-59800","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}