CVE-2015-3228
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3228
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-3228.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-3228
- Downstream
BELL (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (1)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:13:57Z
- Published
- 2015-08-11T14:59:02Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-16T01:41:28Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3326
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2697-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-33
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232805
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696041
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696070
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0c0b0859
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/14
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76017
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033149