CVE-2023-4504
21.09.2023, 23:15
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, released in September of 2023.Enginsight
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| openprinting | cups | 𝑥 < 2.4.7 |
| openprinting | libppd | 2.0:rc2 |
| debian | debian_linux | 10.0 |
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian Releases
Ubuntu Releases
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Common Weakness Enumeration
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds WriteThe software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
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