CVE-2008-5183
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—💥 Exploit
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 9.21%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 95
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · CUPS 1.3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add RSS Subscription) Remote Crash (18/11/2008)
Tecnologías afectadas (5)
CWE
- CWE-476
Referencias
- http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150
- http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150
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