VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2025-48708

gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case.

LOW 3.3EPSS 0.32%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext.

CVSS 3.1: 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 0.32% probability · 24th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-212
Affected: artifex/ghostscript
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708446Issue Tracking
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=b587663c623b4462f9e78686a31fd880207303eePatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/23/2Mailing List

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.