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CVE-2008-0596 json

Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption an…

published 2008-02-26 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0606

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a large number of requests to add and remove shared printers.

Patch / fix

  • cups RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5
  • cups-libs RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5
  • cups RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.51
  • cups-libs RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.51

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0161RHSA-2008:0153

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0596 updated cvss 3.3

cups: memory leak handling IPP browse requests

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.51, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.51 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.51, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.51
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0153
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0161
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.51, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.51
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0153
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0161
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.51, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.51
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0153
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0161

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Exploit prediction

2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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