CVE-2015-3279 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2015-3279?

CVE-2015-3279 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 14 Jul 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3279?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linuxfoundation Cups-Filters.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3279?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-3279 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3279 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3279, GHSA-m849-v2w8-6c9x, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3279.