Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-4504

RCE

Title: Openprinting Libppd RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2023-4504

CWE Category CWE-787
Published Date Sep 21, 2023
Modified Date Nov 04, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.0 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.03%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-4504: 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.

Impacted Vendors

O
openprinting 2
E
easy_software_products 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag/v2.4.7 https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-pf5r-86w9-678h https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libppd/security/advisories/GHSA-4f65-6ph5-qwh6 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00041.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5WHEJIYMMAIXU2EC35MGTB5LGGO2FFJE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5WVS4I7JG3LISFPKTM6ADKJXXEPEEWBQ/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AMYDKIE4PSJDEMC5OWNFCDMHFGLJ57XG/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PXPVADB56NMLJWG4IZ3OZBNJ2ZOLPQJ6/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T2GSPQAFK2Z6L57TRXEKZDF42K2EVBH7/ https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-4504.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33 https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag/v2.4.7 https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-pf5r-86w9-678h https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libppd/security/advisories/GHSA-4f65-6ph5-qwh6 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00041.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5WHEJIYMMAIXU2EC35MGTB5LGGO2FFJE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5WVS4I7JG3LISFPKTM6ADKJXXEPEEWBQ/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AMYDKIE4PSJDEMC5OWNFCDMHFGLJ57XG/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PXPVADB56NMLJWG4IZ3OZBNJ2ZOLPQJ6/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T2GSPQAFK2Z6L57TRXEKZDF42K2EVBH7/ https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-4504.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.0
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.0
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-4504 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/djjohnson565/CUPS-Exploit
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.