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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via modified chunk headers, as demonstrated by nogif.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.92% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- easy software products/cups · apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:001
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6439
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10911
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:001
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6439
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10911
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.