CVE-2015-3279
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-07-14 16:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-04-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 08c263a335d83a87ec7ea51522ea52cfdf9784115a7d0e0b96d73f4f60b9f982
05 Affected products
06 References
- ubuntu.comUSN-2659-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2659-1
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201510-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-08
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150703 Re: CVE-2015-3258 CVE-2015-3279 cups-filtershttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/03/5
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238990
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150703 Re: CVE-2015-3258 CVE-2015-3279 cups-filtershttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/03/2
- bzr.linuxfoundation.orghttp://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7365
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- bzr.linuxfoundation.orghttp://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7366#NEWS
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1244http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00033.html
- bzr.linuxfoundation.orghttp://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7369
- www.debian.orgDSA-3303http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3303
- www.securityfocus.com75557http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75557
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:2360http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2360.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.5.0-16
- cups-filters Fixed in 1.0.71-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.5.0-16
- cups-filters Fixed in 1.0.71-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.5.0-16
- cups-filters Fixed in 1.0.71-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- cups-filters Fixed in 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.