CVE-2008-0047
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.8%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the cgiCompileSearch function in CUPS 1.3.5, and other versions including the version bundled with Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2, when printer sharing is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted search expressions.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.8% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0060)
- Published
- March 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0060 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
- cups / cups
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=674
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29431(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29448(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29485(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29573(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29603(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29634(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29655(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29750(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1530
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:081
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0192.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28307
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019646
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-598-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0921/references(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10085
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00091.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00105.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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