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Package "libgs-dev"

Name: libgs-dev

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interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Development Files
Latest version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.15
Release: jammy (22.04)
Level: security
Repository: main
Head package: ghostscript
Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/

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Version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.15 2026-10-21 16:07:35 UTC
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Version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.14 2026-09-21 15:07:29 UTC

ghostscript (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.14) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: heap overflow in JPEG 2000 output adapter
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-39919.patch: OpenJPEG - Fix overreading bytes in
      some conditions in base/sjpx_openjpeg.c.
    - CVE-2026-39919

 -- Marc Deslauriers Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:48:56 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2026-39919 Ghostscript before 10.08.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the JPEG 2000 output adapter (base/sjpx_openjpeg.c) that allows att

Version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13 2025-09-29 15:07:02 UTC

  ghostscript (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.13) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: null pointer deref on file write failure
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-7462.patch: catch a null file pointer closing
      pdfwrite in devices/vector/gdevpdf.c.
    - CVE-2025-7462
  * SECURITY UPDATE: stack overflow in pdf_write_cmap
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-59798.patch: use dynamically allocated buffer
      and check return codes in devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c.
    - CVE-2025-59798
  * SECURITY UPDATE: stack overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-59799.patch: bounds check some strings in
      devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c.
    - CVE-2025-59799
  * SECURITY UPDATE: heap overflow in ocr_begin_page
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-59800.patch: fix int overflow in
      devices/gdevpdfocr.c.
    - CVE-2025-59800

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:42:27 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2025-7462 A vulnerability was found in Artifex GhostPDL up to 3989415a5b8e99b9d1b87cc9902bde9b7cdea145. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the
CVE-2025-59798 Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in devices/vector/gdevpdtw.c.
CVE-2025-59799 Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in devices/vector/gdevpdfm.c via a large size value.
CVE-2025-59800 In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow in

Version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.12 2025-07-08 06:06:56 UTC

  ghostscript (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.12) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Information Leak
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-48708.patch: Argument sanitization handle
      '#' as per '='
    - CVE-2025-48708

 -- Bruce Cable <email address hidden> Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:29:51 +1000
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2025-48708 gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF doc

Version: 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11 2025-03-27 16:06:53 UTC

  ghostscript (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.11) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Buffer overflow via serialization of DollarBlend
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-27830.patch: fix potential Buffer overflow
      in base/write_t1.c, psi/zfapi.c.
    - CVE-2025-27830
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Text buffer overflow with long characters
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-27831-pre1.patch: fix decode_glyph for
      Unicode in devices/vector/doc_common.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-27831.patch: prevent Unicode decoding overrun
      in devices/vector/doc_common.c.
    - CVE-2025-27831
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Compression buffer overflow
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-27832.patch: avoid integer overflow leading
      to buffer overflow in contrib/japanese/gdevnpdl.c.
    - CVE-2025-27832
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Buffer overflow caused by an oversized Type 4 function
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-27834.patch: guard against unsigned int
      overflow in pdf/pdf_func.c.
    - CVE-2025-27834
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Buffer overflow when converting glyphs to unicode
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-27835.patch: fix confusion between bytes and
      shorts in psi/zbfont.c.
    - CVE-2025-27835
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Print buffer overflow
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-27836-1.patch: fix potential print buffer
      overflow in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-27836-2.patch: fix compiler warnings in
      contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c.
    - CVE-2025-27836

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:57:48 -0400
CVE-2025-27830 An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs during serialization of DollarBlend in a font, for base/write
CVE-2025-27831 An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The DOCXWRITE TXTWRITE device has a text buffer overflow via long characters to device
CVE-2025-27832 An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The NPDL device has a Compression buffer overflow for contrib/japanese/gdevnpdl.c.
CVE-2025-27834 An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs via an oversized Type 4 function in a PDF document to pdf/pdf
CVE-2025-27835 An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs when converting glyphs to Unicode in psi/zbfont.c.
CVE-2025-27836 An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The BJ10V device has a Print buffer overflow in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.c.


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