Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5286

Title: Apple Cups RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-5286.

CWE Category CWE-189
Published Date Dec 01, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.40%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5286: 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.

Impacted Vendors

E
easy_software_products 1
A
apple 1

Reference Links

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 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 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 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 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 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5286 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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.