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CVE-2008-1722

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1722 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in CUPS versions 1.3, specifically within the filter/image-png.c and filter/image-zoom.c components. These flaws allow an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service (crash) and memory corruption by providing a specially crafted PNG image. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cups:cups:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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-1:1.1.17-13.3.53
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1722Moderate

cups: integer overflow in the image filter

Apr 8, 2008

References

secunia.com / advisories/29809
secunia.com / advisories/29902
secunia.com / advisories/30078
secunia.com / advisories/30190
secunia.com / advisories/30553
secunia.com / advisories/30717
secunia.com / advisories/31324
secunia.com / advisories/32292
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41832
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8768
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0498.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 656-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00068.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00081.html
cups.org / str.php
Patch
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1625
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-23.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/218395
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
osvdb.org / 44398
securityfocus.com / bid/28781
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-606-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1226/references