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title: "CVE-2014-9679\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-9679

Publication date 19 February 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cups | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 1.7.5-3ubuntu3.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.5 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.5.3-0ubuntu8.6 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.14 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9679?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| cups | * Upstream:   <http://marc.info/?l=cups-commit&m=131299081010932&w=2> * Upstream:   <https://www.cups.org/strfiles.php/3438/str4551.patch> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9679)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9679)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9679)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9679)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2520-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2520-1)
+ CUPS vulnerability
+ 26 February 2015

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/12/12>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/15>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9679>