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CVE-2008-0053

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0053 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter within CUPS, affecting Apple CUPS versions prior to 1.3.6. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted HP-GL/2 file, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and potential for remote exploitation, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0828 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.52
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0053Moderate

cups: buffer overflows in HP-GL/2 filter

Mar 18, 2008

References

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
Patch
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00003.html
secunia.com / advisories/29420
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29573
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29603
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29630
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29634
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29655
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29659
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29750
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31324
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41272
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10356
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00105.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1625
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0192.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0206.html
securityfocus.com / bid/28304
securityfocus.com / bid/28334
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-598-1
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Vendor Advisory