CVE-2025-46646

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
4.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
mitreCNA
4.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA-ADPADP
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Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 4%
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
ghostscript
bullseye
9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7
not-affected
bookworm
10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7
not-affected
bullseye (security)
9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u10
fixed
bookworm (security)
10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7
fixed
sid
10.05.1~dfsg-1
fixed
trixie
10.05.1~dfsg-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
ghostscript
plucky
not-affected
oracular
Fixed 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.3
released
noble
Fixed 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.6
released
jammy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708311
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f14ea81e6c3d2f51593f23cdf13c4679a18f1a3f