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 incomplete fix for CVE-2024-46954.

Published: 2025-04-26 Last update: 2025-06-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-46646 is rated Low Risk (26.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-46646

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-20 0.01% 0.09% +0.07%
2 2025-04-27 — 0.01% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-46646

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.4 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-46646

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-46646

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-46646: 1 source package rows (ghostscript); 101 state rows across 6 repos (3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 11, open 90. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-46646
debian unimportant CVE-2025-46646 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46646
gentoo high CVE-2025-46646: 1 GLSA(s) (202508-02), 1 atom(s) (app-text/ghostscript-gpl); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2025-46646
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46646
suse low CVE-2025-46646 severity low: SUSE including 7 source package names (ghostscript, ghostscript-10.05.1-1.1, …), 85 product×package rows across 32 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (32 product lines)): Known Not Affected 82, Fixed 3. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46646/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-46646 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-46646

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-46646

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
artifex ghostscript < 10.05.0 cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-46646

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