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CVE-2008-5286

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
01/12/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Integer overflow in the _cupsImageReadPNG function in CUPS 1.1.17 through 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with a large height value, which bypasses a validation check and triggers a buffer overflow.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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