CVE-2007-5849
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 13.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 13.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5819)
- Published
- December 19, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5819 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- easy software products / cups
- easy software products / cups
- easy software products / cups
- easy software products / cups
- easy software products / cups
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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28129(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28200(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28386(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28441(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28676(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4242(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39097
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39101
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00908.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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