THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-0882
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0882

Cups vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.8%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Double free vulnerability in the process_browse_data function in CUPS 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted UDP Browse packets to the cupsd port (631/udp), related to an unspecified manipulation of a remote printer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Cups
Affected product
Cups
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-02-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0882

  • Confirm whether Cups Cups is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0882.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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