Is CVE-2005-4873 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-4873 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-4873?

CVE-2005-4873 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-4873?

CVE-2005-4873 has an EPSS score of 1.92% (77th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4873?

Upgrade cups on debian 11 to 1.1.23-10sarge1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-4873

HIGHEPSS 77th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the phpcups PHP module for CUPS 1.1.23rc1 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that result in long function parameters, as demonstrated by the cups_get_dest_options function in phpcups.c.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

cupsDebian

Fixed in:1.1.23-10sarge1CVE-2005-4873

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.92%probability of exploitation in 30 days

77thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 77% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.