CVE-2008-0596 describes a memory leak vulnerability in CUPS versions prior to 1.1.22, and potentially other versions, impacting products like easy_software_products CUPS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by repeatedly adding and removing shared printers, leading to memory exhaustion and daemon crashes. While the CVSS score is 5.0 (medium severity) due to low attack complexity and network accessibility, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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