CVE-2015-3228
N/A
Published: August 11, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAfpl GhostscriptGhostscript
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Integer overflow in the gs_heap_alloc_bytes function in base/gsmalloc.c in Ghostscript 9.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Postscript (ps) file, as demonstrated by using the ps2pdf command, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 9.15
v ≤ 9.15
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0c0b0859Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/14Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3326x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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