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CVE-2015-3279 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7365 CVE
http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7366#NEWS CVE
http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7369 CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00033.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2360.html CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-189Numeric Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linuxfoundation cups-filters
<= 1.0.70

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
12.04
14.04
14.10
15.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.1
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-3279
NVD Published Date:
Jul 14, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-3279 Details - Not Deferred