7.5
HIGH
CVE-2002-1368
CUPS Denial of Service and Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 26, 2002, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Source :

cve@mitre.org

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2002-1368 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
1 Easy_software_products cups
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2002-1368.

URL Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-004.0.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/7756/
http://secunia.com/advisories/7794
http://secunia.com/advisories/7803
http://secunia.com/advisories/7843
http://secunia.com/advisories/7858
http://secunia.com/advisories/7907
http://secunia.com/advisories/7913/
http://secunia.com/advisories/8080/
http://secunia.com/advisories/9325/
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:001
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6437
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10909
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-004.0.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/7756/
http://secunia.com/advisories/7794
http://secunia.com/advisories/7803
http://secunia.com/advisories/7843
http://secunia.com/advisories/7858
http://secunia.com/advisories/7907
http://secunia.com/advisories/7913/
http://secunia.com/advisories/8080/
http://secunia.com/advisories/9325/
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:001
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6437
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10909

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2002-1368 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2002-1368 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-004.0.txt
    Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html
    Added Reference http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/7756/
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/7794
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/7803
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/7843
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/7858
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/7907
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/7913/
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/8080/
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/9325/
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232
    Added Reference http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:001
    Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6437
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10909
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/10909 [Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10909 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2002-1368 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2002-1368 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

26.75 }} -9.04%

score

0.95918

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability