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CVE-2008-3639

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3639 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the read_rle16 function of imagetops within CUPS versions prior to 1.3.9, affecting Apple CUPS. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted SGI image with malformed Run Length Encoded (RLE) data. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not currently a high-profile threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0440 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.54
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3639Important

CUPS: SGI image parser heap-based buffer overflow

Oct 9, 2008

References

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
secunia.com / advisories/32084
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32226
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32284
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32292
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32316
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32331
secunia.com / advisories/33085
secunia.com / advisories/33111
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45789
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11464
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-470.htm
usn.ubuntu.com / 656-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00331.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00380.html
cups.org / articles.php
cups.org / str.php
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1656
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-11.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0937.html
securityfocus.com / bid/31690
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2782
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3401
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1568