CVE-2009-0577

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 20, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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