Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a large number of requests to add and remove shared printers.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0596 is rated Moderate Risk (46.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.31%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 4.31% | 2.31% | -2.00% |
| 2 | 2026-05-13 | 4.36% | 4.31% | -0.05% |
| 3 | 2026-03-23 | — | 4.36% | — |
Full EPSS history (18 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2008-0596 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0596 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0596 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2008-0596 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cupsys), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0596 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| easy_software_products | cups | 1.1.17 | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| easy_software_products | cups | 1.1.22 | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |