CVE-2025-46646 Other in Ghostscript

Medium 4.5 Published 26 Apr 2025 Updated 29 Apr 2025

Attackers can exploit improper UTF-8 decoding in Ghostscript, potentially leading to undefined behavior or security bypasses.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2025-46646?

CVE-2025-46646 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 26 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0, decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c mishandles overlong UTF-8 encoding. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-46954.

Weakness: CWE-24

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46646?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Artifex Ghostscript.

How do I fix CVE-2025-46646?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2025-46646 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46646 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Artifex Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2025-46646, BELL-CVE-2025-46646, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-46646, GHSA-56g6-5g9j-wjc3, MINI-rfrc-jvp5-qf72, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-46646 and 1 more.