Title : CUPS "ippReadIO()" IPP Tags Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3681 CVE ID : CVE-2007-4351
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-11-01
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in CUPS, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error in the "ippReadIO()" [cups/ipp.c] function when processing a specially crafted IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) "textWithLanguage" or "nameWithLanguage" tag, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.
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