6.8

CVE-2015-3228: artifex afpl_ghostscript Numeric Errors

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2015-0308SUSE-SU-2016:0884-1UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3228
Published 11-08-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-3228 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in artifex afpl_ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 3.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.88%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10003-1SUSE-SU-2016:2493-1

Timeline

  1. 11-08-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.88% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse8 products
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12< 9.15-6.5
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 9.15-6.5
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12< 9.15-6.5
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1< 9.15-6.5
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12< 9.15-6.5
Mageia2 products
  • ghostscript< 9.10-2.1.mga4
  • ghostscript< 9.14-3.1.mga5
Artifex1 product
Debian1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.15~dfsg-1 | < 8.71~dfsg2-9+squeeze2 | < 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u2 | < 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u1
Ubuntu1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4

5 vendors · 13 products

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