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CVE-2008-3640
Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 4.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Integer overflow in the WriteProlog function in texttops in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
28
- 261088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 32284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:211 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2782 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 32331 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33111 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1021034 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 32292 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20081009 Multiple Vendor CUPS texttops Integer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1568 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8844 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- cups-writeprolog-bo(45790) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 33085 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-470.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31690 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3401 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1656 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-656-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2919 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L575 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32084 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0937 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10266 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 32316 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3626 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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