CVE-2015-3228 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2015-3228 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.97% · 76.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.97%

76.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	ghostscript	0, 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2, 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3

Timeline

Jul 24, 2015 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3228 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2697-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3228 third-party-advisory

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