{"cve":"CVE-2008-5183","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-21T02:30:00.453","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:25.027","status":"Modified","description":"cupsd in CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by adding a large number of RSS Subscriptions, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.  NOTE: this issue can be triggered remotely by leveraging CVE-2008-5184.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/33937","http://secunia.com/advisories/43521"],"products":["apple:cups","apple:mac_os_x","apple:mac_os_x_server","debian:debian_linux","opensuse:opensuse"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5183","score":0.0921,"percentile":0.95339,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}