Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2002-1372
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.97%
Original Filing — NVD Description
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.