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CVE-2015-3258

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3258 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the WriteProlog function of texttopdf within cups-filters, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical and Debian. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a print job with a small line size. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (high severity), it presents a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, enabling potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0829 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: cups-filters-0:1.0.35-21.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3258Moderate

cups-filters: texttopdf heap-based buffer overflow

Jun 26, 2015

References

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