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CVE-2025-46646: 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...

4.5 CVSS

Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-46646

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-24 Path Traversal: '../filedir'

Affected Products

Vendor: Artifex

Product: Ghostscript

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 3.52% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-25 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46646
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708311
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f14ea81e6c3d2f51593f23cdf13c4679a18f1a3f

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