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CVE-2025-59799: Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-59799· Medium 4.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 23:54 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (mitre)CVSS 3.14.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 Sep 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Users should monitor vendor advisories for updates and consider restricting local access to vulnerable versions of Ghostscript until a fix is released. Avoid processing untrusted PDF files with affected versions to reduce risk.

Description

Artifex Ghostscript versions up to 10.05.1 contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the pdfmark_coerce_dest function within devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c. This flaw is triggered by processing a large size value, potentially leading to memory corruption. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 4.3 and does not currently have known exploits in the wild or an available patch.

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