CVE-2002-1368 Integer overflow in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the CUPS server or execute arbitrary code by sending HTTP requests with negative length values.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2002-1368?

CVE-2002-1368 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 20 Dec 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1368?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Easy Software Products Cups.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1368?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2002-1368 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1368 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1368, GHSA-98r4-fx32-wmfw.

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