CVE-2025-7462 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-7462: Artifex GhostPDL New Output File Open Error gdevpdf.c pdf_ferror null pointer dereference

Vendor Artifex
Product GhostPDL
Weakness CWE-476
Published July 12, 2025
Last update November 3, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction —
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 12, 2025 CVE published
November 3, 2025 Record updated