What is CVE-2008-0882?

CVE-2008-0882 is a vulnerability in Cups, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-02-21.

Is CVE-2008-0882 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Cups

CVE-2008-0882

Double free vulnerability in the process_browse_data function in CUPS 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted UDP Browse packets to the cupsd port (631/udp), related to an unspecified manipulation of a remote printer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2008-02-21 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.058 (92.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cups — versions 1.3.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9625 (signature, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/29485 (third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/29251 (third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/28994 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/29120 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.cups.org/str.php
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00792.html (vendor-advisory)
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00832.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-0882?: CVE-2008-0882 is a vulnerability in Cups, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-02-21.
Is CVE-2008-0882 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.