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cups — security advisory
The Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) filter in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted pen width and pen color opcodes that overwrite arbitrary memory.
- Products
- cups
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.3.8-1lenny2
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-3641
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) filter in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted pen width and pen color opcodes that overwrite arbitrary memory.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3641
cups
Fixed versions: 1.3.8-1lenny2
cups
Fixed versions: 1.3.8-1lenny2
cups
Fixed versions: 1.3.8-1lenny2
Complete source record
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