# CVE-2025-27831: ghostscript: An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0

CVE-2025-27831 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11, released March 25, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-27831
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 9.8 (Medium)
- EPSS: 0.0060
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Mar 25, 2025

## Description

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

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | ghostscript Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2025-27831](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2025-27831.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 10.05.0~dfsg-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2025-27831](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2025-27831.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript Debian 14 | 10.05.0~dfsg-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2025-27831](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2025-27831.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11 | [ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-ghostscript-9.55.0-dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5 | [ghostscript 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-noble-ghostscript-10.02.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2 | [ghostscript 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-oracular-ghostscript-10.03.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2.md) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Linux | ghostscript amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript opensuse-leap 15.6 | 9.52-150000.203.1 | [SUSE-SU-2025:1127-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2025-1127-1.md) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript sles 15.6 | 9.52-150000.203.1 | [SUSE-SU-2025:1127-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2025-1127-1.md) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-debugsource amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-doc amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-gtk amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-fonts amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-printing amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11 | [ghostscript-x 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-ghostscript-x-9.55.0-dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x11 amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x11-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | libgs amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | libgs-common Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5 | [libgs-common 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-noble-libgs-common-10.02.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Linux | libgs-common Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2 | [libgs-common 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-oracular-libgs-common-10.03.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2.md) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Linux | libgs-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | libgs-devel amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.15 | [ALAS2023-2025-908](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-908.md) | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Linux | libgs10 Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5 | [libgs10 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-noble-libgs10-10.02.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Linux | libgs10 Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2 | [libgs10 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-oracular-libgs10-10.03.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2.md) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Linux | libgs10-common Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5 | [libgs10-common 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-noble-libgs10-common-10.02.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu7.5.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Linux | libgs10-common Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2 | [libgs10-common 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-oracular-libgs10-common-10.03.1-dfsg1-0ubuntu2.2.md) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Linux | libgs9 Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11 | [libgs9 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-libgs9-9.55.0-dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Linux | libgs9-common Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11 | [libgs9-common 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-libgs9-common-9.55.0-dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11.md) | Mar 25, 2025 |

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