High severity · published Apr 25, 2022
CVE-2019-25059
Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26 mishandles .completefont
7.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26 mishandles .completefont. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-3839.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
through 9.26 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25059
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25059
git.ghostscript.com
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=430e219ea17a2650577d70021399c4ead05869e0
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00000.html
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