What is CVE-2025-7462?

CVE-2025-7462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostpdl, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-7462?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-7462 known to be exploited?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Artifex Ghostpdl

CVE-2025-7462

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Artifex Ghostpdl — versions 3989415a5b8e99b9d1b87cc9902bde9b7cdea145

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

cna@vuldb.com (technical-description, vdb-entry)
cna@vuldb.com (signature, permissions-required)
cna@vuldb.com (third-party-advisory)
cna@vuldb.com (patch)
cna@vuldb.com (product)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-7462?: CVE-2025-7462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostpdl, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-7462?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-7462 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.