Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5183

Title: Apple Cups Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-5183

CWE Category CWE-476
Published Date Nov 21, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
9.21%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5183: 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.

Impacted Vendors

E
easy_software_products 1
A
apple 1

Reference Links

http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/ http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150 http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/ http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5183 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.