CVE-2012-4510
N/A
Published: November 20, 2012 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCups Pk Helper
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS resources.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2562Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:069Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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