fkie_cve-2015-3228
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2015-08-11 14:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | * |
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