CVE-2025-46646 | BDVDB-2026-276352 Detail

ArtifexGhostscript

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact low, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-24 Path Traversal: '../filedir'

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12025-04-26Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22025-04-29Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2025-04-26
Last modified: 2025-04-29

Vendor information

Vendor: Artifex
Product: Ghostscript

All Artifex vulnerabilities

Score

4.5 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 8.0.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 10.05.0
Fixed
10.05.0

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

4.5 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity	Low
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).