Is CVE-2025-7462 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-7462 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-7462?

CVE-2025-7462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-7462?

CVE-2025-7462 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-7462?

Upgrade ghostscript on debian 11 to 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-7462

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-404 CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

ghostscriptDebian

Fixed in:9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11CVE-2025-7462

Fixed in:10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8CVE-2025-7462

Fixed in:10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1CVE-2025-7462

Fixed in:10.05.1~dfsg-2CVE-2025-7462

ghostscriptUbuntu

Fixed in:9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13USN-7782-1

Fixed in:10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8USN-7782-1

libgs10Ubuntu

Fixed in:10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.8USN-7782-1

libgs9Ubuntu

Fixed in:9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13USN-7782-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references6

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.