PaperCut MF/NG up to 20.1.6/21.2.10/22.0.8 MPEG-TS Parser stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PaperCut MF and NG up to 20.1.6/21.2.10/22.0.8. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component MPEG-TS Parser. This manipulation causes stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-27351. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in PaperCut MF and NG up to 20.1.6/21.2.10/22.0.8. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component MPEG-TS Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 04/15/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-27351 since 02/28/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 04/20/2026 with a due date of 05/04/2026:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Upgrading to version 20.1.7, 21.2.11 or 22.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-31127). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• PaperCut

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• MF
• NG

Version

• 20.1.0
• 20.1.1
• 20.1.2
• 20.1.3
• 20.1.4
• 20.1.5
• 20.1.6
• 21.2.0
• 21.2.1
• 21.2.2
• 21.2.3
• 21.2.4
• 21.2.5
• 21.2.6
• 21.2.7
• 21.2.8
• 21.2.9
• 21.2.10
• 22.0.0
• 22.0.1
• 22.0.2
• 22.0.3
• 22.0.4
• 22.0.5
• 22.0.6
• 22.0.7
• 22.0.8

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