CVE-2008-2940: HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project: version 1.6.7 only

Published 2008-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.