CVE-2010-5325: linuxfoundation foomatic-filters

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-5325 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in linuxfoundation foomatic-filters. EPSS estimates a 5.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 15-04-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the unhtmlify function in foomatic-rip in foomatic-filters before 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long job title.

• 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.