CVE-2008-5183

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

9.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

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.

Published

2008-11-21 02:00Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 10:40Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-11-20

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e8cefcdcd2afe9a0460ccbec3ae8403c67597608d191c5a509cf79b1135a1309

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• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081119 Re: CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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• www.gnucitizen.orghttp://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/x_refsource_MISC
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• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcups-rss-dos(46684)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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