CVE-2015-3258: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 8.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the WriteProlog function in filter/texttopdf.c in texttopdf in cups-filters before 1.0.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a small line size in a print job.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only; version 15.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.1 only; version 8.0 only
• Linuxfoundation Cups-Filters: up to and including 1.0.70

Published 2015-07-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.