CVE-2025-27831

Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The DOCXWRITE TXTWRITE device has a text buffer overflow via long characters to devices/vector/doc_common.c.

References

Link	Tags
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708132	issue tracking patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-27831?: CVE-2025-27831 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2025-27831?: To fix CVE-2025-27831, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2025-27831 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2025-27831 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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Description

Category

CWE-120 – Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

References

Frequently Asked Questions