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Vulnerability · Published Jul 12, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-7462Artifex GhostPDL New Output File Open Error gdevpdf.c pdf_ferror null pointer dereference

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in GhostPDL from Artifex. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in Artifex GhostPDL up to 3989415a5b8e99b9d1b87cc9902bde9b7cdea145. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function pdf_ferror of the file devices/vector/gdevpdf.c of the component New Output File Open Error Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The identifier of the patch is 619a106ba4c4abed95110f84d5efcd7aee38c7cb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12ghostscript10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8DSA-6024-1
Debian:12ghostscript10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8DEBIAN-CVE-2025-7462
Debian:13ghostscript10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1DSA-6024-1
Debian:13ghostscript10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-7462
Debian:14ghostscript10.05.1~dfsg-2DEBIAN-CVE-2025-7462
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSghostscript9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13USN-7782-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSghostscript9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7462
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSghostscript10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7462
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSghostscript10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8USN-7782-1
Ubuntu:25.10ghostscript10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu4UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7462
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSghostscript10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu4UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7462

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Artifex GhostPDL 3989415a5b8e99b9d1b87cc9902bde9b7cdea145

Weakness: CWE-476, CWE-404 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

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