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TI-2002-01292 Aliases CVE-2002-1368GHSA-98r4-fx32-wmfw

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to cause…

Priority MEDIUM 49Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing negative arguments to be fed into memcpy() calls via HTTP requests with (1) a negative Content-Length value or (2) a negative length in a chunked transfer encoding.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.15472 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 15

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.4VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.4_8VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.1VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.4VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.4_2VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.4_3VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.4_5VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.6VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.7VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.10VulnerableEasy Software Products
Show 5 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.13VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.14VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.17VulnerableEasy Software Products
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.2.2VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.13 Vulnerable ·Easy Software Products
  • cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.14 Vulnerable ·Easy Software Products
  • cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.17 Vulnerable ·Easy Software Products
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2.2 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2002:295 Released 2003-01-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    : Updated CUPS packages fix various vulnerabilities
    • Red Hat Linux 7.3
    • Red Hat Linux 8.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Linux 7.3Fixed RHSA-2002:295
Red Hat Linux 8.0Fixed RHSA-2002:295

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1368
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-98r4-fx32-wmfw

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 5

Other 2

Sources

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