Is CVE-2008-5183 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-5183 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-5183?

CVE-2008-5183 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-5183

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 9.2%EU EUVD

cupsd in CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by adding a large number of RSS Subscriptions, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue can be triggered remotely by leveraging CVE-2008-5184.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 9.2% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-5161)
Published: November 21, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5161 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / cups
apple / mac os x
apple / mac os x server
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
opensuse / opensuse

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived

References

http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day(Broken Link)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521(Broken Link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028(Broken Link)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3(Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4(Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1(Mailing List)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535(Broken Link)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241(Issue Tracking)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586(Broken Link)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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