CVE-2025-27830

Public on 2025-03-21

Modified on 2025-03-21

Description

Potential integer and buffer overflow with DollarBlend during serializing a multiple master font for passing to Freetype. Fixed by changing a variable type from short to unsigned short and checking if a length variable exceeds permitted limit.
Fixed in ghostpdl-10.05.0

Severity

Important

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CVSS v3 Base Score

8.4

See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory	Status
Amazon Linux 1	ghostscript			Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	ghostscript	2025-04-01	ALAS2-2025-2805	Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023	ghostscript	2025-04-01	ALAS2023-2025-908	Fixed

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	8.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	CVSSv3	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2025-27830 Mitre: CVE-2025-27830