CVE-2011-1703 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the nipplib.dll component of Novell iPrint Client versions prior to 5.64. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by supplying a specially crafted driver-version parameter within a printer-url. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it necessitates medium attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.60CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint:4.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint:4.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint:4.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint:4.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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 records are not available for this CVE.