CVE-2023-24040: Opengroup Common Desktop Environment

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

dtprintinfo in Common Desktop Environment 1.6 has a bug in the parser of lpstat (an invoked external command) during listing of the names of available printers. This allows low-privileged local users to inject arbitrary printer names via the $HOME/.printers file. This injection allows those users to manipulate the control flow and disclose memory contents on Solaris 10 systems. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Affected products

• Opengroup Common Desktop Environment: version 1.6 only

Published 2023-01-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.