CVE-2025-48708

gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext.

Score

CVSS 3.1 4.0 Medium

Status

Analyzed - cve@mitre.org

Published

2025-05-23

Last modified

2025-05-24

Weaknesses

CWE-212

Affected products

• Ghostscript (Artifex)

References

• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708446
• https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=b587663c623b4462f9e78686a31fd880207303ee
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/23/2