Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2023· Updated Nov 4, 2025
OpenPrinting CUPS/libppd Postscript Parsing Heap Overflow
CVE-2023-4504
Description
Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted PPD PostScript document, CUPS and libppd are susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow and possibly code execution. This issue has been fixed in CUPS version 2.4.7, released in September of 2023.
Affected products
2- Range: 0
- OpenPrinting/libppdv5Range: 0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
10- github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-pf5r-86w9-678hmitrevendor-advisory
- github.com/OpenPrinting/libppd/security/advisories/GHSA-4f65-6ph5-qwh6mitrevendor-advisory
- takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-4504.htmlmitretechnical-descriptionthird-party-advisory
- github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag/v2.4.7mitrerelease-notes
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00041.htmlmitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5WHEJIYMMAIXU2EC35MGTB5LGGO2FFJE/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5WVS4I7JG3LISFPKTM6ADKJXXEPEEWBQ/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AMYDKIE4PSJDEMC5OWNFCDMHFGLJ57XG/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXPVADB56NMLJWG4IZ3OZBNJ2ZOLPQJ6/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T2GSPQAFK2Z6L57TRXEKZDF42K2EVBH7/mitre
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