CVE-2015-3228

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Aug 11, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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