CVE-2008-5183

cupsd in CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by adding a large number of RSS Subscriptions, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue can be triggered remotely by leveraging CVE-2008-5184.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

9.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Published

2008-11-21

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150

Security advisories

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry