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CVE-2019-8696 json

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-18086

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.6, Security Update 2019-004 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-004 Sierra. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • Apple macOS 10.14
  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8696

  • cups Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.10
  • cups Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8696

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cups RHEL 7 1:1.6.3-51.el7
  • cups-lpd RHEL 7 1:1.6.3-51.el7
  • cups-libs RHEL 7 1:1.6.3-51.el7
  • cups-client RHEL 7 1:1.6.3-51.el7
  • cups-ipptool RHEL 7 1:1.6.3-51.el7
  • cups-filesystem RHEL 7 1:1.6.3-51.el7
  • cups RHEL 8 1:2.2.6-33.el8
  • cups-lpd RHEL 8 1:2.2.6-33.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:3864RHSA-2020:1765

  • cups SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +17 more 1.7.5-20.26.1
  • cups SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.3.9-8.46.56.8.1
  • cups SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP1, SLE Module for Development Tools 15, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 +2 more 2.2.7-3.14.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:3057-1SUSE-SU-2019:14229-1SUSE-SU-2019:3030-1

  • cups openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.3.3op2-4.2
  • cups openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.2.7-lp151.6.3.1
  • cups openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.2.7-lp150.2.13.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10707-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2575-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2573-1

  • cups Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 2.2.12-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-8696

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-8696 updated cvss 3.5

cups: stack-buffer-overflow in libcups's asn1_get_packed function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 cups Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 cups, cups-lpd, cups-php, cups-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) cups 2.2.6-33.el8, cups-lpd 2.2.6-33.el8, cups-client 2.2.6-33.el8, cups-ipptool 2.2.6-33.el8, cups-filesystem 2.2.6-33.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) cups 2.2.6-33.el8, cups-libs 2.2.6-33.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1765
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) cups 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-lpd 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-libs 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-client 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-filesystem 1.6.3-51.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) cups-ipptool 1.6.3-51.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) cups 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-lpd 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-libs 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-client 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-filesystem 1.6.3-51.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) cups-ipptool 1.6.3-51.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) cups 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-lpd 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-libs 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-client 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-filesystem 1.6.3-51.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) cups-ipptool 1.6.3-51.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) cups 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-lpd 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-libs 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-client 1.6.3-51.el7, cups-filesystem 1.6.3-51.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) cups-ipptool 1.6.3-51.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3864

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Exploit prediction

2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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