CVE-2008-1722

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.

Published: 2008-04-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1722 is rated Moderate Risk (42.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.00%). 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.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1722

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 4.16% 2.00% -2.16%
2 2025-03-30 7.14% 4.16% -2.98%
3 2025-03-29 7.14%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1722

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1722

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-1722

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2008-1722 medium 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-2008-1722
gentoo high CVE-2008-1722: 1 GLSA(s) (200804-23), 1 atom(s) (net-print/cups); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-1722
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1722
suse medium CVE-2008-1722 severity moderate: SUSE including 46 source package names (cups-1.3.9-8.30.1, cups-1.3.9-8.44.1, …), 46 product×package rows across 10 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, … (10 product lines)): Fixed 42, Known Not Affected 4. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1722/
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-1722 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cupsys), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): released 4, ignored 1, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1722

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1722

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cups cups 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:cups:cups:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1722

URL Tags
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
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