CVE-2009-0577
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.6%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS 1.1.17 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3640.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 3.6% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0581)
- Published
- February 20, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0581 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / cups
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33995(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-064.htm(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0308.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486052(Issue Tracking)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48977
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9968
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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