CVE-2008-0597 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in CUPS versions prior to 1.1.22, impacting products like Easy Software Products CUPS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This flaw allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending specially crafted IPP packets. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring low attack complexity to achieve a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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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