CVE-2008-0882
Double free vulnerability in the process_browse_data function in CUPS 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted UDP Browse packets to the cupsd port (631/udp), related to an unspecified manipulation of a remote printer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.8% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0889)
- Published
- February 21, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0889 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cups / cups
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/28994(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29067(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29120(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29132
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29251
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29603
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29634
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2656
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1530
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:051
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0157.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27906
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019473
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-598-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0623
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433758
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9625
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00792.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00832.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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