CVE-2025-27832

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—

9.8

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The NPDL device has a Compression buffer overflow for contrib/japanese/gdevnpdl.c.

CVSS v3: 9.8
EG Score: 9.8(medium)
EPSS: 51.0%
KEV: Not listed

Published

March 25, 2025

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated May 29, 2026

Patch available.

generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 4118-1] ghostscript security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00014.html

generic

708133 – [RCE] NPDL device: Compression buffer overflow

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708133

Patch Availability(8)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	libgs10-common (10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2) @ oracular	2026-05-30	ubuntu
ubuntu	libgs9-common (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm9) @ xenial	2026-05-30	ubuntu
redhat	ghostscript-0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.4	2025-12-15	redhat
redhat	ghostscript-0:9.54.0-12.el9_2.3	2025-12-09	redhat
redhat	ghostscript-0:9.54.0-17.el9_4.1	2025-11-24	redhat
redhat	ghostscript-0:9.27-17.el8_10	2025-06-03	redhat
redhat	ghostscript-0:10.02.1-16.el10_0	2025-05-14	redhat
redhat	ghostscript-0:9.54.0-19.el9_6	2025-05-14	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size (Classic Buffer Overflow)

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-27832?

CVE-2025-27832 is a critical vulnerability published on March 25, 2025. An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The NPDL device has a Compression buffer overflow for contrib/japanese/gdevnpdl.c.

When was CVE-2025-27832 disclosed?

CVE-2025-27832 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 25, 2025, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-27832 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-27832 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 51.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-27832?

CVE-2025-27832 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-27832?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-27832, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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[SECURITY] [DLA 4118-1] ghostscript security update

708133 – [RCE] NPDL device: Compression buffer overflow

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[SECURITY] [DLA 4118-1] ghostscript security update

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