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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

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No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
ArtifexSoftware ghostpdl unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 10.08.0

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References
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https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709684 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/ghostpdl-10.07.0/Resource/Init/gs_fonts.ps#L1026-L1035 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/commit/1484854e0c8ddfda1baa4ad4cd965b8a9790aa81 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghostscript-before-10.08.0-dsafer-bypass-via-putgstringcopy-forceput-recovery cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Ghostscript before 10.08.0 -dSAFER Bypass via .putgstringcopy .forceput Recovery
First Time appeared Artifex
Artifex ghostscript
Weaknesses CWE-648
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Artifex
Artifex ghostscript
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-09T23:28:00.084Z

Reserved: 2026-11-09T22:03:13.669Z

Link: CVE-2026-125396

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-10T00:17:13.713

Modified: 2026-11-10T00:17:13.713

Link: CVE-2026-125396

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Updated: 2026-11-10T00:45:07Z

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