CVE-2025-27836 Memory corruption in n/a
A buffer overflow in the BJ10V device allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-27836?
CVE-2025-27836 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 25 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The BJ10V device has a Print buffer overflow in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27836?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Artifex Ghostscript.
How do I fix CVE-2025-27836?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-27836 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27836 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Ghostscript
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2025-27836, BELL-CVE-2025-27836, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-27836, GHSA-96p6-38w3-wjpv, MINI-9xg7-234c-93g9, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-27836.