Buffer overflow in Openprinting Cups
CVE-2023-4504
Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted PPD PostScript document, CUPS and libppd are susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow and possibly code execution. This issue has been fixed in CUPS version 2.4.7…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.007 (47.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Openprinting Cups — versions 0
- Openprinting Libppd — versions 2.0, 0
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37, 38, 39
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@takeonme.org (Exploit, technical-description, third-party-advisory)
- cve@takeonme.org (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@takeonme.org (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@takeonme.org (release-notes, Release Notes)
- cve@takeonme.org (Mailing List, Release Notes)
- cve@takeonme.org (Mailing List, Release Notes)
- cve@takeonme.org (Mailing List, Release Notes)
- cve@takeonme.org (Mailing List, Release Notes)
- cve@takeonme.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@takeonme.org (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-4504?
- CVE-2023-4504 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openprinting Cups, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2023-09-21.
- How severe is CVE-2023-4504?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-4504 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.