CVE-2015-3228
ghostscript - security update
EPSS 0.97%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-3228
To remediate CVE-2015-3228, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.15~dfsg-1 or later
- Debian/ghostscript—upgrade to 8.71~dfsg2-9+squeeze2 or later
- —upgrade to 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2015-3228 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 9.15~dfsg-1
- from 0, < 8.71~dfsg2-9+squeeze2
- from 0, < 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u2