CVE-2025-27837: n/a
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-27837) exists in Artifex Ghostscript versions before 10.05.0. The issue allows access to arbitrary files via a truncated path containing invalid UTF-8 characters in specific source files. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.8, indicating severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-27837 is a path traversal vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript prior to version 10.05.0. It arises from improper handling of truncated paths with invalid UTF-8 characters in the base/gp_mswin.c and base/winrtsup.cpp source files. This flaw enables an attacker to access arbitrary files on the affected system without privileges or user interaction. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive files, complete compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 reflects network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is released, restrict access to Ghostscript services and carefully validate or sanitize input paths to mitigate exploitation risk.
CVE-2025-27837: n/a
Description
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-27837) exists in Artifex Ghostscript versions before 10.05.0. The issue allows access to arbitrary files via a truncated path containing invalid UTF-8 characters in specific source files. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.8, indicating severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-27837 is a path traversal vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript prior to version 10.05.0. It arises from improper handling of truncated paths with invalid UTF-8 characters in the base/gp_mswin.c and base/winrtsup.cpp source files. This flaw enables an attacker to access arbitrary files on the affected system without privileges or user interaction. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive files, complete compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 reflects network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is released, restrict access to Ghostscript services and carefully validate or sanitize input paths to mitigate exploitation risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mitre
- Date Reserved
- 2025-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a3ab6dbeed863c81e4f9f83
Added to database: 06/23/2026, 16:39:55 UTC
Last enriched: 06/23/2026, 16:54:07 UTC
Last updated: 06/23/2026, 16:54:07 UTC
Views: 3
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