CVE-2015-3258

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-07-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the WriteProlog function in filter/texttopdf.c in texttopdf in cups-filters before 1.0.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a small line size in a print job.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04
Debian Linux: 7.1, 8.0
Linuxfoundation Cups-Filters: through 1.0.70

References

http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7363
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00033.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2360.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2659-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3303
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/4
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75436
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235385
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-08
http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7363
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00033.html

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