Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3640

Title: Apple Cups RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-3640.

CWE Category CWE-189
Published Date Oct 14, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.65%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3640: Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impacted Vendors

E
easy_software_products 1
A
apple 1

Reference Links

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=752 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32084 http://secunia.com/advisories/32226 http://secunia.com/advisories/32284 http://secunia.com/advisories/32292 http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 http://secunia.com/advisories/32331 http://secunia.com/advisories/33085 http://secunia.com/advisories/33111 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-261088-1 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-470.htm http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L575 http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2919 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1656 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-11.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:211 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0937.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31690 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021034 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2782 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3401 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1568 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45790 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10266 https://usn.ubuntu.com/656-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00331.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00380.html http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=752 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32084 http://secunia.com/advisories/32226 http://secunia.com/advisories/32284 http://secunia.com/advisories/32292 http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 http://secunia.com/advisories/32331 http://secunia.com/advisories/33085 http://secunia.com/advisories/33111 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-261088-1 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-470.htm http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L575 http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2919 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1656 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-11.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:211 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0937.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31690 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021034 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2782 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3401 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1568 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45790 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10266 https://usn.ubuntu.com/656-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00331.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00380.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-3640 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.