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CVE-2015-3228

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3228 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the gs_heap_alloc_bytes function within Ghostscript versions 9.15 and earlier, affecting products like Artifex AFPL Ghostscript. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) through a crafted Postscript file, potentially leading to out-of-bounds memory access. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0375 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ghostscript
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ghostscript
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ghostscript
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ghostscript

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3228Low

ghostscript-core: out-of-bounbds read and write in gs_ttf.ps

Jul 23, 2015

References

bugs.ghostscript.com / show_bug.cgi
bugs.ghostscript.com / show_bug.cgi
git.ghostscript.com
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/14
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-33
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3326
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
securityfocus.com / bid/76017
securitytracker.com / id/1033149
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2697-1