suse · CVE-2015-3228

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Priority: medium Published: 2021-05-30 13:29:40 UTC Updated: 2026-04-18 18:20:10 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2015-3228 severity moderate: SUSE including 55 source package names (ghostscript-10.05.0-160000.2.2, ghostscript-9.15-22.1, …), 149 product×package rows across 47 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (47 product lines)): Fixed 149.

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.

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