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CVE-2002-1369
jobs.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly use the strncat function call when processing the…
High10.0EPSS 8.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
jobs.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly use the strncat function call when processing the options string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.2% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 20021219 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 12.19.02: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- CLSA-2003:702 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- DSA-232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2003:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:295 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20021219 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 12.19.02: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- cups-strncat-options-bo(10910) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6438 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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