USN-7904-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7904-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7904-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-7904-1
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Related
Published
2025-12-03T08:06:19Z
Modified
2026-02-10T04:50:36Z
Summary
ghostscript vulnerabilities
Details

Piotr Kajda discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled writing certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10

Affected versions

9.*
9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3
9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.6
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.7
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.8
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.10
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.12
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.13
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm2
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm3
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm4
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm6
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm7
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm8
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript",
            "binary_version": "9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
            "binary_version": "9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9",
            "binary_version": "9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common",
            "binary_version": "9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm10"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-59798"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-59799"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7904-1.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5

Affected versions

9.*
9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3
9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1
9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1
9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.5
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.6
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.7
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.13
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.14
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.15
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.16
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.17
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm2
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm3
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript",
            "binary_version": "9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
            "binary_version": "9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9",
            "binary_version": "9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common",
            "binary_version": "9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-59798"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-59799"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7904-1.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2

Affected versions

9.*
9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3
9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu4
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu1
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu2
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu3
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.3
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.4
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.5
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.6
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.7
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.8
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.11
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.12
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.14
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15
9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript",
            "binary_version": "9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
            "binary_version": "9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9",
            "binary_version": "9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common",
            "binary_version": "9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.15+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-59798"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-59799"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7904-1.json"