CVE-2007-5849 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.6% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Integer underflow in the asn1_get_string function in the SNMP back end (backend/snmp.c) for CUPS 1.2 through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SNMP response that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 13.61% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-12-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | mac os x |
| easy software products | cups |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Common UNIX Printing System 1.2/1.3 SNMP - 'asn1_get_string()' Remote Buffer Overflow | 2007-11-06 |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201570
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28113
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28129
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28200
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28441
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28676
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2589
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:036
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26917
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
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