Vulnerability · Published Apr 26, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-46646
Medium 4.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Ghostscript from Artifex. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0, decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c mishandles overlong UTF-8 encoding. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-46954.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | ghostscript | 10.05.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-46646 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ghostscript | 10.05.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-46646 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ghostscript | 10.05.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-46646 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ghostscript | 10.05.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-46646 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ghostscript | 10.05.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-46646 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | 10.05.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-46646 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 10.05.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-46646 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-46646 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.6 | USN-7473-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Artifex | Ghostscript | 0 – before 10.05.0 |
Weakness: CWE-24 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N