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CVE-2015-3279 json

Integer overflow in filter/texttopdf.c in texttopdf in cups-filters before 1.0.71 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cra…

published 2015-07-14 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-3327

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.6%
EPSS 6.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.0-16
  • cups-filters Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.71-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3279

  • cups-filters Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3279

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cups-filters RHEL 7 1.0.35-21.el7
  • cups-filters-libs RHEL 7 1.0.35-21.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2360

  • cups-filters SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 1.0.58-8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1377-1

  • cups-filters openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.2-1.11

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10313-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3279 updated cvss 4.0

cups-filters: texttopdf integer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-21.el7, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) cups-filters-devel 1.0.35-21.el7, cups-filters-debuginfo 1.0.35-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-21.el7, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) cups-filters-devel 1.0.35-21.el7, cups-filters-debuginfo 1.0.35-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-21.el7, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) cups-filters-devel 1.0.35-21.el7, cups-filters-debuginfo 1.0.35-21.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-21.el7, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) cups-filters-devel 1.0.35-21.el7, cups-filters-debuginfo 1.0.35-21.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2360

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Exploit prediction

6.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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