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critical 10.0

CVE-2008-0882 json

Double free vulnerability in the process_browse_data function in CUPS 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon cr…

published 2008-02-21 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0889

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.8%
EPSS 5.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0882

  • cups RHEL 5 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4
  • cups-lpd RHEL 5 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4
  • cups-libs RHEL 5 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0157

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-2008-0882 updated cvss 5.0

cups: double free vulnerability in process_browse_data()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) cups 1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4, cups-lpd 1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4, cups-libs 1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) cups 1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4, cups-lpd 1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4, cups-libs 1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) cups 1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4, cups-lpd 1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4, cups-libs 1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0157

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Exploit prediction

5.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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