CVE-2025-27832
Ghostscript: NPDL device: Compression buffer overflow
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · March 25, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in Artifex Ghostscript. The NPDL device has a compression buffer overflow for contrib/japanese/gdevnpdl.c.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')