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CVE-2007-5848

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows local admin users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI to the CUPS service.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.4.11

References

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00003.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28344
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28441
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485829/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html

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