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critical 9.3

CVE-2007-5849 in the critical feed json

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…

published 2007-12-19 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5819

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.6%
EPSS 13.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5849

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-5849 updated

CUPS SNMP backend buffer overflow

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-30898)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30898 Common UNIX Printing System 1.2/1.3 SNMP - 'asn1_get_string()' Remote Buffer Overflow dos, 2007-11-06

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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