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CVE-2012-6094

cups (Common Unix Printing System) 'Listen localhost:631' option not honored correctly which could provide unauthorized access to the system

Critical9.8EPSS 2.1%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

Description

cups (Common Unix Printing System) 'Listen localhost:631' option not honored correctly which could provide unauthorized access to the system

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2012-6094, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Critical9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
2.1% · top 19% 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: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

  • 'Listen localhost:631' option not honoured correctly on IPv6-enabled systems when systemd used for CUPS socket activation
  • CWE-863 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

  • cups · cups

    • affected <= 1.7.5

References (7)

Sources

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Record last updated .