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CVE-2008-1373

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1373 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the gif_read_lzw function of CUPS 1.3.6, affecting Easy Software Products CUPS. This flaw allows remote attackers to potentially cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted GIF file with a large code_size value. With a CVSS score of 5.8, it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited with low complexity over an adjacent network, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
6.5
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0217 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.52
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1373Moderate

cups: overflow in gif image filter

Apr 1, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00003.html
secunia.com / advisories/29573
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29603
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29630
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29634
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29655
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29659
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29661
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29750
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31324
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41587
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11479
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00091.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00105.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0136
cups.org / str.php
ExploitPatch
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1625
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0192.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0206.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/490486/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28544
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-598-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1059/references