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CVE-2019-8842

Published: 27 October 2020

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, and Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra. In certain configurations, a remote attacker may be able to submit arbitrary print jobs.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
cups
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.2.7-1ubuntu2.9)
focal
Released (2.3.1-9ubuntu1.2)
groovy Not vulnerable
(2.3.3-2)
xenial
Released (2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.3.3-2)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.3.3-2)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.3.3-2)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.3.1-12)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/apple/cups/commit/82e3ee0e3230287b76a76fb8f16b92ca6e50b444

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N