MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2004-1267

Cups vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
6.3%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the ParseCommand function in hpgl-input.c in the hpgltops program for CUPS 1.1.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HPGL file.
Affected vendor
Easy Software Products
Affected product
Cups
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2005-01-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2004-1267

  • Confirm whether Easy Software Products Cups is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-1267.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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