CVE-2026-103226 (GCVE-0-2026-103226)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-30 14:15 – Updated: 2026-09-30 14:24 X_Freeware
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Artifex Ghostscript Pdfwrite gdevpsfx.c type1_callsubr stack-based overflow
Summary
A vulnerability was identified in Artifex Ghostscript up to 10.09.0. Affected is the function type1_callsubr of the file devices/vector/gdevpsfx.c of the component Pdfwrite. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue. A solution was implemented: "I've chosen to fix this slightly differently by using the defined macro in the font parsing loop rather than in the callsubr function, because this better matches the pattern of 'normal' usage."
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-30 14:24 UTC
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/vuln/411906 | vdb-entrytechnical-description |
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| https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-103226 | third-party-advisory |
| https://vuldb.com/submit/955016 | third-party-advisory |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709672 | issue-tracking |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709672#c3 | issue-tracking |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/attachment.cgi?id=28495 | exploit |
| https://artifex.com/ | product |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artifex | Ghostscript |
Affected:
10.09
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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