CVE-2008-0053

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

cups: through 1.3.5; 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5 (+69)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://secunia.com/advisories/29573
http://secunia.com/advisories/29603
http://secunia.com/advisories/29630
http://secunia.com/advisories/29634
http://secunia.com/advisories/29655
http://secunia.com/advisories/29659
http://secunia.com/advisories/29750
http://secunia.com/advisories/31324

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