CVE-2015-3228
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,
02 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,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-08-11 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-04-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d4947eeda6cc2dc842762f4097269612154300bbb4224d6803b29eae786ccf60
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3326http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3326
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696070
- www.securitytracker.com1033149http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033149
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232805
- git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0c0b0859
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696041
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-33https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-33
- www.securityfocus.com76017http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76017
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2697-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2697-1
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20150723 CVE-2015-3228 - Ghostscript - Integer overflowhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/14
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.15~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.15~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.15~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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