CVE-2025-48708

low

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`10.05.1~dfsg-1`
sid	Fixed	`10.05.1~dfsg-1`
forky	Fixed	`10.05.1~dfsg-1`
bullseye	Affected	—
bookworm	Affected	—

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`10.05.1-2`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.