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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2008-1722 Detail

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.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1722
NVD Published Date:
04/10/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.