CVE-2015-3279

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.

Published: 2015-07-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-3279 is rated Moderate Risk (60.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 31.04%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3279

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-13 34.51% 31.04% -3.47%
2 2025-12-28 31.04% 34.51% +3.47%
3 2025-12-27 — 31.04% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3279

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3279

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3279

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-3279 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (cups, cups-filters), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3279
gentoo normal CVE-2015-3279: 1 GLSA(s) (201510-08), 1 atom(s) (net-print/cups-filters); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-3279
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3279
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-3279 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cups-filters), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3279

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3279

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linuxfoundation cups-filters <= 1.0.70 cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3279

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