CVE-2015-3228

medium

Published 2015-08-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`9.15~dfsg-1`
sid	Fixed	`9.15~dfsg-1`
forky	Fixed	`9.15~dfsg-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`9.15~dfsg-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`9.15~dfsg-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
artifex	afpl_ghostscript	`{"endIncluding":"9.15"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.