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high 7.5

CVE-2008-5183 json

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…

published 2008-11-21 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5161

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.2%
EPSS 9.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • apple mac_os_x 10.5.6
  • apple mac_os_x_server 10.5.6
  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.9-13

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5183

  • cups RHEL 5 1:1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3
  • cups-lpd RHEL 5 1:1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3
  • cups-libs RHEL 5 1:1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:1029

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-2008-5183 updated

cups: DoS (daemon crash) caused by the large number of subscriptions

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) cups 1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3, cups-lpd 1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3, cups-libs 1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) cups 1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3, cups-lpd 1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3, cups-libs 1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) cups 1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3, cups-lpd 1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3, cups-libs 1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:1029

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-7150)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-7150 CUPS 1.3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add RSS Subscription) Remote Crash dos, 2008-11-18

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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