CVE-2023-34095
cpdb-libs vulnerable to buffer overflows via scanf
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
2Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
cpdb-libs provides frontend and backend libraries for the Common Printing Dialog Backends (CPDB) project. In versions 1.0 through 2.0b4, cpdb-libs is vulnerable to buffer overflows via improper use of `scanf(3)`. cpdb-libs uses the `fscanf()` and `scanf()` functions to parse command lines and configuration files, dropping the read string components into fixed-length buffers, but does not limit the length of the strings to be read by `fscanf()` and `scanf()` causing buffer overflows when a string is longer than 1023 characters. A patch for this issue is available at commit f181bd1f14757c2ae0f17cc76dc20421a40f30b7. As all buffers have a length of 1024 characters, the patch limits the maximum string length to be read to 1023 by replacing all occurrences of `%s` with `%1023s` in all calls of the `fscanf()` and `scanf()` functions.
Seth Arnold discovered that CPDB incorrectly handled certain characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Attend
Timeline
- 2023-05-25 CVE Reserved
- 2023-06-14 CVE Published
- 2025-02-13 CVE Updated
- 2025-02-13 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CAPEC
References (6)
URL | Date | SRC |
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/14/7 | 2025-02-13 | |
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cpdb-libs/security/advisories/GHSA-25j7-9gfc-f46x | 2025-02-13 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cpdb-libs/commit/f181bd1f14757c2ae0f17cc76dc20421a40f30b7 | 2023-06-26 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Openprinting Search vendor "Openprinting" | Cpdb-libs Search vendor "Openprinting" for product "Cpdb-libs" | >= 1.0 < 2.0 Search vendor "Openprinting" for product "Cpdb-libs" and version " >= 1.0 < 2.0" | - |
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Openprinting Search vendor "Openprinting" | Cpdb-libs Search vendor "Openprinting" for product "Cpdb-libs" | 2.0 Search vendor "Openprinting" for product "Cpdb-libs" and version "2.0" | beta1 |
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Openprinting Search vendor "Openprinting" | Cpdb-libs Search vendor "Openprinting" for product "Cpdb-libs" | 2.0 Search vendor "Openprinting" for product "Cpdb-libs" and version "2.0" | beta2 |
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Openprinting Search vendor "Openprinting" | Cpdb-libs Search vendor "Openprinting" for product "Cpdb-libs" | 2.0 Search vendor "Openprinting" for product "Cpdb-libs" and version "2.0" | beta3 |
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Openprinting Search vendor "Openprinting" | Cpdb-libs Search vendor "Openprinting" for product "Cpdb-libs" | 2.0 Search vendor "Openprinting" for product "Cpdb-libs" and version "2.0" | beta4 |
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