CVE-2025-59798: Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 23:54 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (mitre) | CVSS 3.1 | 4.3 |
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 22 Sep 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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
Description
Artifex Ghostscript versions through 10.05.1 contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the pdf_write_cmap function located in devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c. This flaw could lead to an integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 4.3.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59798 (opens in a new tab)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708539 (opens in a new tab)
- cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=0cae41b23a9669e801211dd4cf97b6dadd6dbdd7 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00010.html (opens in a new tab)