CVE-2008-0053
Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.
02 Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-03-18 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 193a81cd50abd233f92e32f575914e5f89fd8962dc55f82e5e63886becd7cd0d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0206http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0206.html
- secunia.com31324http://secunia.com/advisories/31324
- www.securityfocus.com28304http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
- secunia.com29659http://secunia.com/advisories/29659
- secunia.com29573http://secunia.com/advisories/29573
- www.us-cert.govTA08-079Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-598-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-598-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:020http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00003.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:081http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:081
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10356https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10356
- secunia.com29420http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- secunia.com29630http://secunia.com/advisories/29630
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-03-18http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- secunia.com29750http://secunia.com/advisories/29750
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2897https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00105.html
- secunia.com29634http://secunia.com/advisories/29634
- secunia.com29655http://secunia.com/advisories/29655
- www.debian.orgDSA-1625http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1625
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- www.securitytracker.com1019672http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019672
- www.securityfocus.com28334http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28334
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commacos-cups-inputvalidation-unspecified(41272)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41272
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0192http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0192.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-01http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml
- secunia.com29603http://secunia.com/advisories/29603
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.3.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.3.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.3.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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