In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1218 advisory.

    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in     devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c. (CVE-2025-59798)

    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in     devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c via a large size value. (CVE-2025-59799)

    In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow     that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8. (CVE-2025-59800)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 9.54.0-9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-3018 advisory.

    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in     devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c. (CVE-2025-59798)

    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in     devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c via a large size value. (CVE-2025-59799)

    In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow     that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8. (CVE-2025-59800)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7782-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled opening a file to write. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2025-7462)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing certain files. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2025-59798,     CVE-2025-59799)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled performing OCR on certain files. An attacker could     use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-59800)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow     that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in ocr_line8. (CVE-2025-59800)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
270559	Amazon Linux 2023 : ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf (ALAS2023-2025-1218)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
270528	Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript, --advisory ALAS2-2025-3018 (ALAS-2025-3018)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
266305	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-7782-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
265892	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-59800	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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