VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2002-1372
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.97%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-12-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-252: Unchecked Return Value
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link