What is CVE-2005-4873?

CVE-2005-4873 is a vulnerability in Cups, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2005-12-31.

Is CVE-2005-4873 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Cups

CVE-2005-4873

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the phpcups PHP module for CUPS 1.1.23rc1 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that result in long function parameters, as demonstrated by the cups_get_dest_options function in phpcups.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.019 (77.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Cups — versions 1.1.23
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-4873?: CVE-2005-4873 is a vulnerability in Cups, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2005-12-31.
Is CVE-2005-4873 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.