# CVE-2025-7462: Artifex GhostPDL New Output File Open Error gdevpdf.c pdf_ferror null pointer dereference

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via null pointer dereference in GhostPDL's PDF error handler, requiring a patch.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2025-7462, GHSA-hf2c-wp2p-xqr9, OESA-2026-1773, OESA-2026-2872, OESA-2026-2873, OESA-2026-2874, OESA-2026-3525, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7462

## What is CVE-2025-7462?

CVE-2025-7462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex GhostPDL, published on 12 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Artifex GhostPDL up to 3989415a5b8e99b9d1b87cc9902bde9b7cdea145. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function pdf_ferror of the file devices/vector/gdevpdf.c of the component New Output File Open Error Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The identifier of the patch is 619a106ba4c4abed95110f84d5efcd7aee38c7cb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference), CWE-404 (Improper Resource Shutdown or Release)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7462?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-7462?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-7462 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7462 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-7462 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-7462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex GhostPDL, published on 12 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7462 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Artifex GhostPDL. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7462/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7462/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7462
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7462
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-7462

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7462/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.