10.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2008-0053
CUPS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.

INFO

Published Date :

March 18, 2008, 11:44 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 29, 2017, 1:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-0053 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple cups
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-0053.

URL Resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29573 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29603 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29630 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29634 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29655 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29659 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29750 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31324 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1625
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:081
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0192.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0206.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28334
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019672
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-598-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41272
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10356
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00105.html

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-0053 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-0053 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10356 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10356 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41272 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41272 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

21.37 }} 9.70%

score

0.96519

percentile

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