CVE-2008-5183

HIGH

CUPS < 1.3.9 - Denial of Service via RSS Subscription NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-5183. PoCs published by Adrian _pagvac_ Pastor.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a CSRF vulnerability in CUPS to crash the daemon by sending 101 malicious requests via img tags. It targets the admin interface to trigger a denial-of-service condition.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Adrian _pagvac_ Pastor · htmldoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150

This exploit leverages a CSRF vulnerability in CUPS to crash the daemon by sending 101 malicious requests via img tags. It targets the admin interface to trigger a denial-of-service condition.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) 1.3.7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: CUPS admin interface accessible on localhost:631 · Victim must visit the malicious HTML page
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0921
EPSS Percentile 94.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (6)
apple/cups < 1.3.9
apple/mac_os_x < 10.5.6
apple/mac_os_x_server < 10.5.6
debian/debian_linux 5.0
debian/debian_linux 6.0
opensuse/opensuse 11.0
Published Nov 21, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026