CVE-2008-3639

NameCVE-2008-3639
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the read_rle16 function in imagetops in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SGI image with malformed Run Length Encoded (RLE) data containing a small image and a large row count.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1656-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cups (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.7.5-11+deb8u12fixed
stretch (security)2.2.1-8+deb9u8fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.2.1-8+deb9u12fixed
buster, buster (lts)2.2.10-6+deb10u11fixed
buster (security)2.2.10-6+deb10u10fixed
bullseye2.3.3op2-3+deb11u8fixed
bullseye (security)2.3.3op2-3+deb11u9fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm2.4.2-3+deb12u8fixed
sid, trixie2.4.10-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cupssource(unstable)1.3.8-1lenny2medium
cupsyssourceetch1.2.7-4etch5DSA-1656-1
cupsyssource(unstable)(unfixed)

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