What is CVE-2019-25059?

CVE-2019-25059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-25059?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-25059 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript

CVE-2019-25059

Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26 mishandles .completefont. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-3839.

Published 2022-04-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Artifex Ghostscript
Debian Linux — versions 9.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

git.ghostscript.com/
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00000.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-25059?: CVE-2019-25059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-25059?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-25059 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.