CVE-2012-6094
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 20, 2019 at 02:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxCUPSCups
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
cups (Common Unix Printing System) 'Listen localhost:631' option not honored correctly which could provide unauthorized access to the system
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/5x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57158Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6094x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6094x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6094x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82451x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6094CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863
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