Critical severity · published Mar 25, 2025
CVE-2025-27837
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
before 10.05.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27837
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27837
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708238
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