UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3279

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3279

    Published: 3 Jul 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3279
    Aliases:
    USN-2659-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3279, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2659-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3279

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cups-filters

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5

    Affected versions

    1.0.40-0ubuntu1
    1.0.40-0ubuntu2
    1.0.41-0ubuntu1
    1.0.41-2
    1.0.42-1
    1.0.42-2
    1.0.43-1
    1.0.44-1
    1.0.44-2
    1.0.45-1
    1.0.46-0ubuntu1
    1.0.47-0ubuntu1
    1.0.48-0ubuntu1
    1.0.48-0ubuntu2
    1.0.49-0ubuntu1
    1.0.50-0ubuntu1
    1.0.51-0ubuntu1
    1.0.52-0ubuntu1
    1.0.52-0ubuntu1.1
    1.0.52-0ubuntu1.2
    1.0.52-0ubuntu1.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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