Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-46646

medium Nessus Plugin ID 260210

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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 before 10.05.0, decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c mishandles overlong UTF-8 encoding.
NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-46954. (CVE-2025-46646)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 260210

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_46646.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/1/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-46646

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgs-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-cups, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-x11, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-cups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-printing, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-gtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-tools-printing, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-tools-fonts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ghostscript-gtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ghostscript-tools-fonts

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-46646

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