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CVE-2008-2941

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2941 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the hpssd message parser within HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) version 1.6.7. A local attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted packet, specifically "msg=0" to TCP port 2207, causing the hpssd process to stop. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low severity with local access and low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 3,050 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: hplip-0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2941Moderate

hplip hpssd.py Denial-Of-Service parsing vulnerability

Aug 12, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/31470
secunia.com / advisories/31499
secunia.com / advisories/32316
secunia.com / advisories/32792
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44440
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10636
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html
securityfocus.com / bid/30683
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-674-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-674-2