Back
CVE-2002-1371
filters/image-gif.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check for zero-length GIF images, which…
High7.5EPSS 4.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
filters/image-gif.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check for zero-length GIF images, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via modified chunk headers, as demonstrated by nogif.
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
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-zero-width-images(10911) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6439 (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2002-1371)Record last updated .