Is CVE-2008-2940 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-2940 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-2940?

CVE-2008-2940 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-2940?

CVE-2008-2940 has an EPSS score of 0.43% (35th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2940?

Upgrade hplip on debian 11 to 2.8.6-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-2940

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the setalerts message, and lack of validation of the device URI associated with an event message.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

hplipDebian

Fixed in:2.8.6-1CVE-2008-2940

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references14

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.