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CVE-2015-3905

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3905 describes a buffer overflow in the set_cs_start function within t1utils, affecting versions prior to 1.39, including Canonical's t1utils and Ubuntu Linux. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.5, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted font file. While the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:t1utils_project:t1utils:1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0691 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: t1utils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3905Moderate

t1utils: buffer overflow flaw

Feb 26, 2015

References

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