7.5

CVE-2015-3279: canonical ubuntu_linux Numeric Errors

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-3279DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3279
Published 14-07-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-3279 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 6.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.90%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 3
DLA-314-1DSA-3303-1MGASA-2015-0270OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10313-1RHSA-2015:2360SUSE-SU-2015:1377-1

Timeline

  1. 14-07-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.90% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
6.90%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian3 products
  • cups< 1.5.0-16
  • cups-filters< 1.0.71-1
  • debian_linuxEOL7.1 | 8.0
Canonical1 product
Linuxfoundation1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • cups-filters< 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5

4 vendors · 6 products

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