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CVE-2008-0882

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0882 describes a critical double free vulnerability in CUPS 1.3.5, specifically within the process_browse_data function. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending specially crafted UDP Browse packets to port 631, with the potential for arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cups:cups:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0579 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0882Important

cups: double free vulnerability in process_browse_data()

Jan 7, 2008

References

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/28994
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29067
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29120
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29132
secunia.com / advisories/29251
secunia.com / advisories/29420
secunia.com / advisories/29485
secunia.com / advisories/29603
secunia.com / advisories/29634
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9625
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00792.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00832.html
cups.org / str.php
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1530
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0157.html
securityfocus.com / bid/27906
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-598-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0623
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0924/references