6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.3%
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.
Author | Note |
---|---|
tyhicks | Reproducer file available in the upstream bug |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | ghostscript | < 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.3 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | ghostscript | < 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 15.04 | noarch | ghostscript | < 9.15+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1 | UNKNOWN |