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CVE-2025-27837

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. Access to arbitrary files can...

9.8 CriticalFix available

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. Access to arbitrary files can occur through a truncated path with invalid UTF-8 characters, for base/gp_mswin.c and base/winrtsup.cpp.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.62%Up 0.6 points since Mar 26, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.8

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. Access to arbitrary files can occur through a truncated path with invalid UTF-8 characters, for base/gp_mswin.c and base/winrtsup.cpp.

Record
CVE-2025-27837
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-8086 9.8

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. Access to arbitrary files can occur through a truncated path with invalid UTF-8 characters, for base/gp_mswin.c and base/winrtsup.cpp.

Record
EUVD-2025-8086
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rmm8-wf49-vvww 9.8

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. Access to arbitrary files can...

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. Access to arbitrary files can occur through a truncated path with invalid UTF-8 characters, for base/gp_mswin.c and base/winrtsup.cpp.

Record
GHSA-rmm8-wf49-vvww
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 9.8

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. Access to arbitrary files can occur through a truncated path with invalid UTF-8 characters, for base/gp_mswin.c and base/winrtsup.cpp.

Record
CVE-2025-27837
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2025-27837 9.8

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. Access to arbitrary files can occur through a truncated path with invalid UTF-8 characters, for base/gp_mswin.c and base/winrtsup.cpp.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2025-27837
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVBELL-CVE-2025-27837 9.8
Record
BELL-CVE-2025-27837
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. Access to arbitrary files can occur through a truncated path with invalid UTF-8 characters, for base/gp_mswin.c and base/winrtsup.cpp.

Record
CVE-2025-27837
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2025-0098 No score

Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerabilities

This release addresses CVEs: CVE-2025-27835, CVE-2025-27832, CVE-2025-27831, CVE-2025-27836, CVE-2025-27830, CVE-2025-27833, CVE-2025-27837, CVE-2025-27834 The 10.05.0 release deprecates the non-standard operator "selectdevice", all code should now be using the standard "setpagedevice" operator. "selectdevice" will be removed in the 10.06.0 release. We now support production of PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-4a in addition to the existing support for PDF/X-3

Record
MGASA-2025-0098
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14953-1 No score

ghostscript-10.05.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ghostscript-10.05.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14953-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ghostscript
Alpine:v3.18
 before 10.05.0
10.05.0
ghostscript
Alpine:v3.19
 before 10.05.0-r0
10.05.0-r0
ghostscript
Alpine:v3.20
 before 10.05.0-r0
10.05.0-r0
ghostscript
Alpine:v3.21
 before 10.05.0-r0
10.05.0-r0
ghostscript
Alpine:v3.22
 before 10.05.0-r0
10.05.0-r0
ghostscript
Alpine:v3.23
 before 10.05.0-r0
10.05.0-r0
ghostscript
Alpine:v3.24
 before 10.05.0-r0
10.05.0-r0
ghostscript
Alpaquita:23
 10.0.0-r0 up to 10.01.2-r4
10.01.2-r4
ghostscript
Alpaquita:stream
 10.0.0-r0 up to 10.05.0-r0
10.05.0-r0
ghostscript
Mageia:9
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 10.05.0-1.mga9
10.05.0-1.mga9
ghostscript
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 10.05.0-1.1
10.05.0-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affectedOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-27837 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Artifex Ghostscript, published March 15, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 49th percentile. Fixed in ghostscript 10.05.0.

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