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CVE-2008-0596

Published: Feb 26, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.3%
Top 18.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a large number of requests to add and remove shared printers.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

n/an/a
cupseasy software products
Mixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
easy software productscommercialOperating Systemsaka easy software

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29251
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29189
secunia.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org
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Timeline

Published
Feb 26, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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