CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-3170

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2011-08-19 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2011-08-19
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The gif_read_lzw function in filter/image-gif.c in CUPS 1.4.8 and earlier does not properly handle the first code word in an LZW stream, which allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted stream, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2896.

Affected configurations

• apple cups (<= 1.4.8) • apple cups 1.1 • apple cups 1.1.1 • apple cups 1.1.2 • apple cups 1.1.3 • apple cups 1.1.4 • apple cups 1.1.5 • apple cups 1.1.5-1 • apple cups 1.1.5-2 • apple cups 1.1.6 • apple cups 1.1.6-1 • apple cups 1.1.6-2 • apple cups 1.1.6-3 • apple cups 1.1.7 • apple cups 1.1.8 • apple cups 1.1.9 • apple cups 1.1.9-1 • apple cups 1.1.10 • apple cups 1.1.10-1 • apple cups 1.1.11 • apple cups 1.1.12 • apple cups 1.1.13 • apple cups 1.1.14 • apple cups 1.1.15 • apple cups 1.1.16 • apple cups 1.1.17 • apple cups 1.1.18 • apple cups 1.1.19 • apple cups 1.1.20 • apple cups 1.1.21 • apple cups 1.1.22 • apple cups 1.1.23 • apple cups 1.2 • apple cups 1.2.0 • apple cups 1.2.1 • apple cups 1.2.2 • apple cups 1.2.3 • apple cups 1.2.4 • apple cups 1.2.5 • apple cups 1.2.6 • apple cups 1.2.7 • apple cups 1.2.8 • apple cups 1.2.9 • apple cups 1.2.10 • apple cups 1.2.11 • apple cups 1.2.12 • apple cups 1.3 • apple cups 1.3.0 • apple cups 1.3.1 • apple cups 1.3.2 • apple cups 1.3.3 • apple cups 1.3.4 • apple cups 1.3.5 • apple cups 1.3.6 • apple cups 1.3.7 • apple cups 1.3.8 • apple cups 1.3.9 • apple cups 1.3.10 • apple cups 1.3.11 • apple cups 1.4 … and 8 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References