CVE-2015-3228

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript < 9.15 - Denial of Service via Crafted Postscript File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3326
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696070
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033149
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232805
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696041
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-33
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76017
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2697-1
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/14

Scores

EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 76.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (1)
artifex/afpl_ghostscript < 9.15
Published Aug 11, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026