Vulnerability · Published Sep 22, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-59801
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity stack buffer overflow in GhostXPS 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 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Artifex GhostXPS before 10.06.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in xps_unpredict_tiff in xpstiff.c because the samplesperpixel value is not checked.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | ghostscript | 10.06.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-59801 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ghostscript | 10.06.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-59801 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59801 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59801 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 10.06.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59801 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ghostscript | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59801 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59801 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N