CVE-2008-5286

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: 2008-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the _cupsImageReadPNG function in CUPS 1.1.17 through 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with a large height value, which bypasses a validation check and triggers a buffer overflow.

Affected products

cups: 1.1.17, 1.1.18, 1.1.19, 1.1.19-rc1, 1.1.19-rc2, 1.1.19-rc3 (+48)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32962
http://secunia.com/advisories/33101
http://secunia.com/advisories/33111
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
http://svn.easysw.com/public/cups/trunk/CHANGES-1.3.txt
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2974
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1677
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-01.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-11.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:029

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