CVE-2002-1368 Integer overflow in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1368, GHSA-98r4-fx32-wmfw.