Off-by-one in cups - CVE-2023-4504
Published: September 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80932
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4504
CWE-ID: CWE-193
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenPrinting
Affected software:
cups
cups
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error when parsing Postscript objects within the scan_ps() function in cups/raster-interpret.c. A remote attacker can trigger pass a specially crafted PPD file to the affected application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-4504
Install updates from vendor's website.