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CVE-2007-5848
Buffer overflow in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows local admin users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI to the CUPS service.
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.55%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 54% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows local admin users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI to the CUPS service.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 43 days later
· 43 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- 28344 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4238 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA07-352A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 28441 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28136 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- macos-cups-bo(39096) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 26910 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20080105 rPSA-2008-0008-1 cups (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-12-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28636 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-5818 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-5848)Record last updated .