Integer underflow in the asn1_get_string function in the SNMP back end (backend/snmp.c) for CUPS 1.2 through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SNMP response that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5849 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.61%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30898 | exploit_db | edb | 2007-11-06 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 34.58% | 13.61% | -20.97% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 49.92% | 34.58% | -15.34% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 49.92% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
medium | CVE-2007-5849 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5849 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2007-5849: 2 GLSA(s) (200712-14, 201412-11), 2 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs, net-print/cups); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5849 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5849 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-5849 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cupsys), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5849 |
Not vulnerable. This flaw does not affect the version of CUPS shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4. After a detailed analysis of this flaw, it has been determined it does not pose a security threat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. For more details regarding this analysis, please see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415131
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| easy_software_products | cups | 1.2.4 | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| easy_software_products | cups | 1.2.9 | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| easy_software_products | cups | 1.2.10 | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| easy_software_products | cups | 1.2.12 | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| easy_software_products | cups | 1.3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |