CVE-2025-48708

Publication date 23 May 2025

Last updated 8 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext.

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Why is this CVE low priority?

Uncommon use case of using # instead of = on command line

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 25.04 plucky
Fixed 10.05.0dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.4
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.7
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.12
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected

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Notes


mdeslaur

Uncommon use case of using # instead of = when specifying parameters on the command line. This is a low severity issue.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.0 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7623-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 8 July 2025

Other references