CVE-2015-3228

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3228
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-11 14:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2697-1: Ghostscript vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.ghostscript.com
Bug 696070 – Potential security issue (malloc smaller than requested) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.ghostscript.com
GPL Ghostscript: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201612-33) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE-2015-3228 - Ghostscript - Integer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Ghostscript 'gs/base/gsmalloc.c' Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3326-1 ghostscript af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Bug 696041 – Crash file for the ps2pdf command (gs) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.ghostscript.com
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Bug 1232805 – CVE-2015-3228 ghostscript-core: out-of-bounbds read and write in gs_ttf.ps af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Ghostscript gs_heap_alloc_bytes() Integer Overflow Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff MITRE git.ghostscript.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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