Vulnerability in Artifex GhostXPS (CVE-2025-59801)
Summary
Vulnerability in Artifex GhostXPS (CVE-2025-59801). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In Artifex GhostXPS before 10.06.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in xps_unpredict_tiff in xpstiff.c because the samplesperpixel value is not checked.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-59801 has been found in Artifex GhostXPS.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Artifex GhostXPS CVE-2025-59801" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-59801 (Artifex GhostXPS) — CWE-121 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-121) exists in Artifex GhostXPS.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Artifex GhostXPS.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Artifex GhostXPS を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2025-59801 ghostscript Fixed in: 10.06.0-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59801 ghostscript
References
- web cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org