CVE-2008-0053

critical

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00105.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10356

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41272

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-0066

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-598-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019672

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28334

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0206.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0192.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:081

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1625

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/31324

http://secunia.com/advisories/29750

http://secunia.com/advisories/29659

http://secunia.com/advisories/29655

http://secunia.com/advisories/29634

http://secunia.com/advisories/29630

http://secunia.com/advisories/29603

http://secunia.com/advisories/29573

http://secunia.com/advisories/29420

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-03-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08282