CVE-2011-4186

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-02-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in nipplib.dll in Novell iPrint Client before 5.78 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted client-file-name parameter in a printer-url, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1705.

Affected products

Novell iPrint webrowser ActiveX plugin: through 5.74; 4.26, 4.27, 4.28, 4.30, 4.32, 4.34 (+17)

References

http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7008708
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7010145
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7008708
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7010145

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