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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1722 · published 10 April 2008

CVE-2008-1722: Cups improper input validation vulnerability

Cups · Cups

Multiple integer overflows in (1) filter/image-png.c and (2) filter/image-zoom.c in CUPS 1.3 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated via a crafted PNG image.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.0% · top 20.0% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
2.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
50References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple integer overflows in (1) filter/image-png.c and (2) filter/image-zoom.c in CUPS 1.3 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated via a crafted PNG image.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29809
http://secunia.com/advisories/29902
http://secunia.com/advisories/30078
http://secunia.com/advisories/30190
http://secunia.com/advisories/30553
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
http://secunia.com/advisories/31324
http://secunia.com/advisories/32292
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2790 Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1625
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-23.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/218395 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:170
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/44398
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28781
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019854
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-606-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1226/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41832
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8768
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0498.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/656-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00068.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00081.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29809
http://secunia.com/advisories/29902
http://secunia.com/advisories/30078
http://secunia.com/advisories/30190
http://secunia.com/advisories/30553
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
http://secunia.com/advisories/31324
http://secunia.com/advisories/32292
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2790 Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1625
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-23.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/218395 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:170
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/44398

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1722), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-30). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.