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UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3228 (CVE-2015-3228)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2015-07-24 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:37 – Source website

Details

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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3228	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2697-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3228	REPORT

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CVE-2015-3228 (GCVE-0-2015-3228)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-11 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

11 references

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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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USN-2697-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3228)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2015-07-30 12:13 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website

Summary

ghostscript vulnerability

Details

William Robinet and Stefan Cornelius discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle certain Postscript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2697-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3228	REPORT

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