CVE-2014-9679

Description

Integer underflow in the cupsRasterReadPixels function in filter/raster.c in CUPS before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a malformed compressed raster file, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.46% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory cups.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1123.html vendor advisory
https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4551 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/15 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2520-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00098.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:049 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-06 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150177.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031776 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150171.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3172 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0067.html third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/12/12 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72594 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9679?
CVE-2014-9679 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9679?
To fix CVE-2014-9679, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-9679 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9679 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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