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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-4351 · published 31 October 2007

CVE-2007-4351: Cups vulnerability

Cups · Cups

Off-by-one error in the ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in CUPS 1.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) textWithLanguage or (2) nameWithLanguage Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) tag, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 7.4% · top 5.8% CWE-189 · CWE-189
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
7.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
80References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Off-by-one error in the ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in CUPS 1.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) textWithLanguage or (2) nameWithLanguage Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) tag, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27233 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27410
http://secunia.com/advisories/27445
http://secunia.com/advisories/27447
http://secunia.com/advisories/27474
http://secunia.com/advisories/27494
http://secunia.com/advisories/27499
http://secunia.com/advisories/27540
http://secunia.com/advisories/27577
http://secunia.com/advisories/27604
http://secunia.com/advisories/27712
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://secunia.com/advisories/30847
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-76/advisory/ Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-16.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.501902
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-476.htm
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a00809a1f11.html
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2561
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1407
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446897 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:204
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_58_cups.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1020.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1022.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1023.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26268
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018879
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3681
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1934/references
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=361661
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38190
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1875
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10604
https://usn.ubuntu.com/539-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00012.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-4351), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.