CVE-2008-5183
cups - several
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.6%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2008-5183
To remediate CVE-2008-5183, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/cups—upgrade to 1.3.9-13 or later
- —upgrade to 1.3.8-1+lenny9 or later
Is CVE-2008-5183 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.3.9-13
- from 0, < 1.3.8-1+lenny9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |