CVE-2025-27837

ghostscript: Patch to error check UTF-8 conversions

CVE-2025-27837 is fixed in 14 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2025-927, released April 9, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
n/a
important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0062
50th percentile

Patch to error check UTF-8 conversions. Fixed in ghostpdl-10.05.0 by adding a check on the value returned by the gp_utf8_to_uint16 function.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
ghostscript · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
ghostscript-debuginfo · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
ghostscript-debugsource · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
ghostscript-doc · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
ghostscript-gtk · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
ghostscript-tools-fonts · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
ghostscript-tools-printing · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
ghostscript-x11 · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
libgs · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
libgs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025
libgs-devel · amzn 2023 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 ALAS2023-2025-927 Apr 9, 2025

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