CVE-2015-3905

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the set_cs_start function in t1disasm.c in t1utils before 1.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 14.10
T1Utils Project T1Utils: 1.38

References

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2627-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/13/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/22/10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74674
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779274
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218365
https://github.com/kohler/t1utils/blob/master/NEWS
https://github.com/kohler/t1utils/commit/6b9d1aafcb61a3663c883663eb19ccdbfcde8d33
https://github.com/kohler/t1utils/issues/4
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-10
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2627-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/13/9

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