VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-0577

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.58%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-02-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3640.

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