CVE-2015-3279

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3279
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-07-14 16:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Cups-filters All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2659-1: cups-filters vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2015-3258 CVE-2015-3279 cups-filters af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:1244-1: moderate: Security update for cups-filters af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3303-1 cups-filters af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2015-3258 CVE-2015-3279 cups-filters af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
/openprinting/cups-filters : revision 7366 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bzr.linuxfoundation.org
/openprinting/cups-filters : revision 7369 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bzr.linuxfoundation.org
1238990 – (CVE-2015-3279) CVE-2015-3279 cups-filters: texttopdf integer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
/openprinting/cups-filters : revision 7365 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bzr.linuxfoundation.org
cups-filters CVE-2015-3279 Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
cups-filters: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201510-08) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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