CVE-2002-1371 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2002-1371?

CVE-2002-1371 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1371?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2002-1371?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2002-1371 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1371 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1371, GHSA-v85m-c74w-mhg8.