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CVE-2008-2941· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

The hpssd message parser in hpssd.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.54% (FIRST EPSS).
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: hplip (Debian:12) 2.8.6-1; hpijs (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client) 1:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4; hplip (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client) 0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to hplip (Debian:12) 2.8.6-1; hpijs (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client) 1:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4; hplip (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client) 0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

The hpssd message parser in hpssd.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process stop) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by sending "msg=0" to TCP port 2207.

MediumCVSS 4.9 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 14, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 44th percentile

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Action score

19

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
hplinux imaging and printing project

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • hp linux imaging and printing project1.6.7

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12hplipbefore 2.8.6-12.8.6-1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clienthpijsbefore 1:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.41:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clienthplipbefore 0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.40:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clienthplip-debuginfobefore 0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.40:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientlibsane-hpaiobefore 0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.40:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-5208hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute
    50Plan
  • CVE-2010-4267Stack-based buffer overflow in the hpmud_get_pml function in io/hpmud/pml.c in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7, 3.9
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2011-2697foomatic-rip-hplip in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.11.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted *Foomatic
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2013-6427upgrade.py in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x through 3.13.11 launches a program from an http URL, which
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2008-2940The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messag
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2013-4325The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 does not properly use D-Bus for com
    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:hplip2.8.6-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
red hat:hpijs1:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:hplip0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:hplip-debuginfo0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:libsane-hpaio0:1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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