Vulnerability in Apple Cups
CVE-2008-5286
Integer overflow in the _cupsImageReadPNG function in CUPS 1.1.17 through 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with a large height value, which bypasses a validation check and triggers a buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (91.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Cups — versions 1.1.17, 1.1.18, 1.1.19
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/01/1 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/33101 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32518 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-11.xml (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10058 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33111 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1028.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.cups.org/str.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-01.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)