01 Record
CVE-2009-0577
Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that
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
- 3.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.3% 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
- Important. 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
- 2009-02-20 19:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-02-13
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c99a103930bca4dabc443b9d3735b4fa80bba57c650693c20960e2f0ecc0faf3
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcups-texttops-writeprolog-bo(48977)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48977
- secunia.com33995http://secunia.com/advisories/33995
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-064.htm
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486052
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9968https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9968
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0308http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0308.html