CVE-2015-3228 (GCVE-0-2015-3228)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-11 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
11 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3326 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696070 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033149 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232805 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=co… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696041 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-33 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76017 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2697-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/14 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2015-07-07 00:00
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