CVE-2010-4321

critical

Published 2010-12-30 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control in ienipp.ocx in Novell iPrint Client 5.52 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to (1) the GetDriverSettings2 method, as reachable by (2) the GetDriverSettings method.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-16956 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2011-03-07

Novell iPrint Client 5.52 - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-16014 remote windows verified

Dr_IDE · 2011-01-19

Novell iPrint 5.52 - ActiveX 'GetDriverSettings()' Command Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/novelliprint_getdriversettings_2 rank 300

Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
novell	iprint_client	`5.52`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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