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CVE-2015-3279

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Description

Integer overflow in filter/texttopdf.c in texttopdf in cups-filters before 1.0.71 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted line size in a print job, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-08

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-3327

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238990

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75557

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/03/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/03/2

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3303

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2659-1

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2360.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00033.html

http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7369

http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7366#NEWS

http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7365

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-07-14

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.069

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