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CVE-2023-4504

OpenPrinting CUPS/libppd Postscript Parsing Heap Overflow

Severity Score

7.0
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

4
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Debido a un error al validar la longitud proporcionada por un documento PPD PostScript creado por un atacante, CUPS y libppd son susceptibles a un desbordamiento del búfer y posiblemente a la ejecución de código. Este problema se solucionó en la versión 2.4.7 de CUPS, lanzada en septiembre de 2023.

USN-6391-1 fixed a vulnerability in CUPS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly parsed certain Postscript objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into printing a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: zenofex, WanderingGlitch, Austin Hackers Anonymous!
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-08-23 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-09-21 CVE Published
  • 2025-04-15 EPSS Updated
  • 2025-04-23 CVE Updated
  • 2025-04-23 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Openprinting
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 Cups
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 < 2.4.7
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-
Affected
Openprinting
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 Libppd
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 2.0
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rc2, linux
Affected
Fedoraproject
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 Fedora
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 37
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Affected
Fedoraproject
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 Fedora
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 38
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-
Affected
Fedoraproject
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 Fedora
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 39
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-
Affected
Debian
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 Debian Linux
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 10.0
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Affected