CVE-2008-5183 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 9.2% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 9.21% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-476 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-11-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | cups |
| apple | mac os x |
| apple | mac os x server |
| debian | debian linux |
| opensuse | opensuse |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | CUPS 1.3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add RSS Subscription) Remote Crash | 2008-11-18 |
References
- http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586
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