CVE-2008-3639
CUPS Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_rle16 function in imagetops in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SGI image with malformed Run Length Encoded (RLE) data containing a small image and a large row count.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 14, 2008, 9:10 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=753 Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32084 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32226 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32284 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32292 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32331 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33085 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33111 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-261088-1 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-470.htm Added Reference http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L575 Added Reference http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2918 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1656 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-11.xml Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:211 Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0937.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31690 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021033 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2782 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3401 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1568 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45789 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11464 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/656-1/ Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00331.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00380.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-656-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/656-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
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:11464 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11464 [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/45789 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45789 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-3639 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-3639
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
10.22 }} -4.36%
score
0.92407
percentile