CVE-2025-27835
Public on 2025-03-24
Modified on 2025-03-24
Description
Fix confusion between bytes and shorts. Data is being copied from a string in multiple of shorts, rather than multiple of bytes, leading to both a read (probably benign, given the memory manager) and write buffer overflow.
Info: http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708131
Patch: http://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=de900010a6f2310d1fd54e99eeba466693da0e13 (ghostpdl-10.05.0)
Info: http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708131
Patch: http://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=de900010a6f2310d1fd54e99eeba466693da0e13 (ghostpdl-10.05.0)
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAQM Linux 1 | ghostscript | Not Affected | ||
| HAQM Linux 2 - Core | ghostscript | 2025-04-09 | ALAS2-2025-2820 | Fixed |
| HAQM Linux 2023 | ghostscript | 2025-04-09 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAQM Linux | CVSSv3 | 8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |