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CVE-2007-5848

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CVE-2007-5848 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the CUPS service within Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11. This flaw allows a local administrative user to execute arbitrary code by submitting a specially crafted URI. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it represents a high-severity local attack, requiring no authentication but granting complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not been widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0055 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5848

CUPS buffer overflow

Dec 13, 2007

References

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00003.html
secunia.com / advisories/28136
secunia.com / advisories/28344
secunia.com / advisories/28441
secunia.com / advisories/28636
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39096
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2009
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485829/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26910
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4238