Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 allows local users with lp privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files via…

Description

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 allows local users with lp privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files via file race conditions, as demonstrated by ice-cream.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 20021219 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 12.19.02: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
• DSA-232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SuSE-SA:2003:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2002:295 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20021219 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 12.19.02: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• cups-certs-race-condition(10907) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 6435 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDKSA-2003:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 03:19 UTC.