CVE-2012-4510
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.8
Description
cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS resources.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.2.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.2.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.2.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.2.3-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.2.3-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | {"endIncluding":"0.2.2"} | |
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | 0.0.1 | |
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | 0.0.2 | |
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | 0.0.3 | |
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | 0.0.4 | |
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | 0.1.0 | |
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | 0.1.1 | |
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | 0.1.2 | |
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | 0.1.3 | |
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | 0.2.0 | |
| cups-pk-helper_project | cups-pk-helper | 0.2.1 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.