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CVE-2005-4873

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the phpcups PHP module for CUPS 1.1.23rc1 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that result in long function parameters, as demonstrated by the cups_get_dest_options function in phpcups.c.

Affected products

• cups: 1.1.23-rc1

References

• http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1102
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41497
• http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1102
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41497

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