CVE-2008-0596
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a large number of requests to add and remove shared printers.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0606)
- Published
- February 26, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0606 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- easy software products / cups
- easy software products / cups
- redhat / desktop
- redhat / desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29087(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29189
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29251
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-098.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0153.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0161.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488966/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27988
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019497
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40842
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2283
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10857
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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