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ubuntu-cve-2023-4504

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-09-20 12:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:45

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

0.0 (None)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

7.0 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.0 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4504	REPORT
	https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-4504.html	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6391-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6392-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6391-2	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4504	REPORT

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CVE-2023-4504 (GCVE-0-2023-4504)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-21 22:47 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:10

Title

OpenPrinting CUPS/libppd Postscript Parsing Heap Overflow

Summary

Severity

7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Assigner

AHA

References

11 references

URL	Tags
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-4504.html	technical-descriptionthird-party-advisory
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libppd/security/a…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/adv…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag…	release-notes
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
OpenPrinting	CUPS	Affected: 0 , < 2.4.6 (semver)
OpenPrinting	libppd	Affected: 0 , < d09348b (git)

Date Public

2023-09-20 12:35

Credits

zenofex WanderingGlitch Austin Hackers Anonymous!

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usn-6391-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-09-20 14:17

Modified

2026-04-27 14:11

Summary

cups vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly parsed certain Postscript objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into printing a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6391-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4504	REPORT

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usn-6391-2

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-09-21 14:09

Modified

2026-06-25 10:46

Summary

cups vulnerability

Details

USN-6391-1 fixed a vulnerability in CUPS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6391-2	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4504	REPORT

JSON

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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cups@2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm2?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.2.4-7ubuntu2",
        "2.2.5-2",
        "2.2.6-2",
        "2.2.6-3",
        "2.2.6-4",
        "2.2.6-5",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu1",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.1",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.2",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.3",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.4",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.5",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.6",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.7",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.8",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.9",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10",
        "2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "USN-6391-1 fixed a vulnerability in CUPS. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly parsed certain Postscript objects.\n If a user or automated system were tricked into printing a specially\n crafted document, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to\n crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\n code.\n",
  "id": "USN-6391-2",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:16Z",
  "published": "2023-09-21T14:09:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6391-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4504"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "cups vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4504"
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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ubuntu-cve-2023-4504

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2023-4504 (GCVE-0-2023-4504)

usn-6391-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

usn-6391-2

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature