CVE-2025-27837

Ghostscript: Access to arbitrary files through truncated path with invalid UTF-8

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 25, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Artifex Ghostscript. This vulnerability allows potential access to arbitrary files through a truncated path when invalid UTF-8 characters are used. The affected code areas are within base/gp_mswin.c and base/winrtsup.cpp. system.

Statement

As this flaw only affects windows-specific platform code, Red Hat products are not affected.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')