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CVE-2002-1372
Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations,…
High7.5EPSS 3.0%
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- mitre
Description
Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by causing file descriptors to be assigned and not released, as demonstrated by fanta.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 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
- CLSA-2003:702 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_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
- MDKSA-2003:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 6440 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- cups-file-descriptor-dos(10912) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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 .