CVE-2008-0053

Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow...

10.0 HighFix available

Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.

Exploit likelihood

8.28%Down 3.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 10.0

Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.

Record: CVE-2008-0053
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.

Record: CVE-2008-0053
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2008-0066 No score

Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.

Record: EUVD-2008-0066
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gwr4-m5cm-8f54 No score

Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow...

Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.

Record: GHSA-gwr4-m5cm-8f54
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.

Record: CVE-2008-0053
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2008-0053 No score

Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HP-GL/2 file.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0053
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

apple cups

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`cups` Debian:12	before 1.3.6-1	1.3.6-1
`cups` Debian:13	before 1.3.6-1	1.3.6-1
`cups` Debian:14	before 1.3.6-1	1.3.6-1
`cupsys` Debian:4.0 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1.2.7-4etch4, plus listed versions 1.2.7-41.2.7-4etch11.2.7-4etch21.2.7-4etch3	1.2.7-4etch4
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups-lpd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups-lpd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6	1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.6
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.17-13.3.52	1:1.1.17-13.3.52
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6	1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.6

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-0053 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Apple Cups, published March 18, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.28%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in cups 1.3.6-1.

References

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