CVE-2025-48708

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.

Published: 2025-05-23 Last update: 2025-06-20 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-48708 is rated Low Risk (16.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-48708

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 2025-05-23 — 0.01% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-48708

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
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:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.5 1.4 [email protected]
3.3 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-48708

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-48708

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-48708: 1 source package rows (ghostscript); 100 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 100. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-48708
debian unimportant CVE-2025-48708 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-48708
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48708
suse low CVE-2025-48708 severity low: SUSE including 10 source package names (ghostscript-10.05.1-1.1, ghostscript-9.52-150000.206.1, …), 22 product×package rows across 8 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7, … (8 product lines)): Fixed 21, Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48708/
ubuntu low CVE-2025-48708 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, upstream, xenial): released 6, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-48708

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-48708

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
artifex ghostscript < 10.05.1 cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-48708

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