CVE-2025-48708

Publication date 23 May 2025

Last updated 8 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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

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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	Upstream: ?id=b58

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