CVE-2005-4873: cups

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-4873 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in cups. EPSS estimates a 1.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 24-03-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.