CVE-2008-5286 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2008-5286 at MITRE

Description

Integer overflow in the _cupsImageReadPNG function in CUPS 1.1.17 through 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with a large height value, which bypasses a validation check and triggers a buffer overflow.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 448631 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2009:002, published Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:34:42 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:31 2025