CVE-2026-125396
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Ghostscript before 10.08.0 contains a -dSAFER bypass vulnerability in the .putgstringcopy procedure in gs_fonts.ps, which calls the privileged .forceput operator without checking operand types. Attackers can supply crafted PostScript or PDF documents that trigger a type error, recover .forceput via a custom error handler, and cause a use-after-free across save/restore to execute arbitrary code.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.5
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-10 00:17:13.713000
Last modified
2026-11-10 00:17:13.713000
View original CVE JSON
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-10T00:17:13.713",
"lastModified": "2026-11-10T00:17:13.713",
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}
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{
"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709684",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl",
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"url": "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/ghostpdl-10.07.0/Resource/Init/gs_fonts.ps#L1026-L1035",
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