CVE-2007-5848
Buffer overflow in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows local admin users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI to the CUPS service.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows local admin users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI to the CUPS service.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 46th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- 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/28136
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28344
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28441
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485829/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39096
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2009
- 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/28136
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28344
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28441
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485829/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39096
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2009
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.