CVE-2008-3639

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

cups: through 1.3.8; 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5 (+70)

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=753
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32084
http://secunia.com/advisories/32226
http://secunia.com/advisories/32284
http://secunia.com/advisories/32292
http://secunia.com/advisories/32316
http://secunia.com/advisories/32331
http://secunia.com/advisories/33085
http://secunia.com/advisories/33111
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-261088-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-470.htm

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