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CVE-2008-4306

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4306 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in enscript versions prior to 1.6.4, specifically impacting Ubuntu Linux. This flaw, potentially related to font escape sequences, carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating high severity with network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:linux:6.06:lts:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:linux:8.04:lts:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0244 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: enscript-0:1.6.1-16.7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: enscript-0:1.6.1-24.7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: enscript-0:1.6.1-33.el4_7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: enscript-0:1.6.4-4.1.1.el5_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4306Moderate

enscript: "font" special escape buffer overflows

Oct 29, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
osvdb.org / 49569
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
secunia.com / advisories/32521
secunia.com / advisories/32530
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32753
secunia.com / advisories/32854
secunia.com / advisories/32970
secunia.com / advisories/33109
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2887
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10718
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00014.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00040.html
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0321
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1670
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-1016.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498385/100/0/threaded
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-660-1