CVE-2002-1368
Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to cause a...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2002-1368- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2002-1368- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-1352 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2002-1352- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-98r4-fx32-wmfw No score
Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to cause a...
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.
- Record
GHSA-98r4-fx32-wmfw- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2002-1368- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2002-1368 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1368- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | CUPS 1.1.x - Negative Length HTTP Header | 2002-12-19 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2002-1368 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Easy Software Products Cups, published December 20, 2002. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.5%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in cups 1.1.18-1.
References
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10909
secunia.com/advisories/7858
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html
distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes?id=a&anuncio=000702
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mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:001
debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html
idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html
securityfocus.com/bid/6437
marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1368
github.com/advisories/GHSA-98r4-fx32-wmfw
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1368