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CVE-2015-3905
Buffer overflow in the set_cs_start function in t1disasm.c in t1utils before 1.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 6.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in the set_cs_start function in t1disasm.c in t1utils before 1.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 27 days later
· 27 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- https://github.com/kohler/t1utils/blob/master/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/kohler/t1utils/commit/6b9d1aafcb61a3663c883663eb19ccdbfcde8d33 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150513 CVE Request: t1utils: buffer overflow in set_cs_start (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 74674 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/kohler/t1utils/issues/4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150522 Re: CVE Request: t1utils: buffer overflow in set_cs_start (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201507-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779274 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218365 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2627-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-3939 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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