CVE catalog

CVE-2025-27837

ghostscript: CVE-2025-27837

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Published: Mar 12, 2025, 11:00:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.62% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	ghostscript	sid	`10.08.0~dfsg-2`	not affected
Debian	ghostscript	forky	`10.08.0~dfsg-2`	not affected
Debian	ghostscript	trixie	`10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1`	not affected
Debian	ghostscript	trixie-security	`10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u3`	not affected
Debian	ghostscript	bookworm	`10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8`	not affected
Debian	ghostscript	bookworm-security	`10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8`	not affected
Alpine	ghostscript	3.18	`10.05.0`	fixed
Alpine	ghostscript	3.19	`10.05.0-r0`	fixed
Alpine	ghostscript	3.20	`10.05.0-r0`	fixed
Alpine	ghostscript	3.21	`10.05.0-r0`	fixed
Alpine	ghostscript	3.22	`10.05.0-r0`	fixed
Alpine	ghostscript	3.23	`10.05.0-r0`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	ghostscript	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	ghostscript	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	ghostscript	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	ghostscript	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Alpine	ghostscript	apk	3.18	`10.05.0`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2025-27837	Not reported
Alpine	ghostscript	apk	3.19	`10.05.0-r0`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2025-27837	Not reported
Alpine	ghostscript	apk	3.20	`10.05.0-r0`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2025-27837	Not reported
Alpine	ghostscript	apk	3.21	`10.05.0-r0`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2025-27837	Not reported
Alpine	ghostscript	apk	3.22	`10.05.0-r0`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2025-27837	Not reported
Alpine	ghostscript	apk	3.23	`10.05.0-r0`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2025-27837	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[ghostscript]Not affected
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[ghostscript-doc]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[ghostscript-x]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[libgs10]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[libgs10-common]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[libgs9-common]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[libgs-common]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[libgs-dev]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · ghostscript · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 27, 2026, 3:22:58 PM UTC

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]