Artifex Software Inc. — Vulnerabilities & Security Advisories 3

Artifex Software Inc. develops Ghostscript, a widely used interpreter for PostScript and PDF files, enabling document rendering and conversion across platforms. Historically, their products have been susceptible to remote code execution vulnerabilities due to unsafe script handling, along with cross-site scripting flaws and privilege escalation issues through improper input validation. While no major public security incidents have been documented, the three CVEs on record highlight ongoing challenges in securing complex parsing operations against malformed inputs, emphasizing the need for robust sandboxing and input sanitization in document processing engines.