CVE-2008-5286
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the _cupsImageReadPNG function in CUPS 1.1.17 through 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with a large height value, which bypasses a validation check and triggers a buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5263)
- Published
- December 1, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5263 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / cups
- apple / cups
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- apple / cups
and 4 more…
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32962
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33101
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33111
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://svn.easysw.com/public/cups/trunk/CHANGES-1.3.txt
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2974(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1677
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-01.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-11.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:029
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/01/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1028.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32518(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021298
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3315
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46933
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10058
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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