CVE-2008-5183

cupsd in CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by adding a large number of RSS Subscriptions, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue can be triggered remotely by leveraging CVE-2008-5184.

• CWE-476

• http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0dayBroken Link
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlMailing List
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlMailing List
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33937Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43521Broken Link
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176Third Party Advisory
• http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3Mailing List
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4Mailing List
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1Mailing List
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535Broken Link
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241Issue Tracking
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586Broken Link
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0dayBroken Link
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlMailing List
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlMailing List
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33937Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43521Broken Link
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176Third Party Advisory
• http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3Mailing List
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4Mailing List
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1Mailing List
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535Broken Link
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241Issue Tracking
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586Broken Link
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Nov 21, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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