CVE-2002-1372

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 1, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:59 PM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxCUPS

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (10)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVABroken Link
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232
x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-252

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