CVE-2008-3639
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-3639 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-10-14 21:10:35 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.10-1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.19 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.19 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.19 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.19 | rc4 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.19 | rc5 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.20 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.20 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.20 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.20 | rc4 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.20 | rc5 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.20 | rc6 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.21 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.21 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.22 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.22 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.22 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.23 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.23 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.5-1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.5-2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.6-1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.6-2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.6-3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.1.9-1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2 | b1 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2 | b2 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.2.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3 | b1 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | 1.3.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apple | Cups | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| USN-656-1: CUPS vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| STR #2918: Multiple Vendor CUPS SGI imagetops Heap Overflow Vulnerability - CUPS.org | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.cups.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Debian update for cupsys - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Article #575: Common UNIX Printing System 1.3.9 - Documentation - Common UNIX Printing System | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.cups.org | |
| CUPS Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1656-1 cupsys | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Red Hat update for cups - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| mandriva.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| iDefense Security Intelligence Services - Information Security Services - Verisign | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | labs.idefense.com | |
| CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.gentoo.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: cups-1.3.9-1.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Fedora update for cups - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Ubuntu update for cups - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA33111 - Gentoo update for cups - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Avaya Messaging Storage Server CUPS Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: cups-1.3.9-1.fc9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| CUPS Multiple Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Webmail | OVH- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:021 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CUPS Heap Overflow in 'imagetops' Processing of SGI Image Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| ASA-2008-470 (RHSA-2008-0937) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.