CVE-2002-1372

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.

Scoring

CVSS base score
0.36
EPSS probability
8.92%
Published
2004-09-01
Last modified
2026-03-16

Affected products

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