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Vulnerability · CVE-2002-1368

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) memcpy() calls Vulnerability

Published Dec 19, 2002 · corrected/updated Jun 16, 2026 · easy_software_products cups · evidence confidence very high

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.

Grounded briefings

Catalog interpretations for three audiences. Each brief cites ingested metadata and the original advisories below. They are not independent research and they do not invent exploit steps.

Executive

CVE-2002-1368 is a high public vulnerability record for easy_software_products cups. CISA lists it as known exploited. Published remediation guidance: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. This summary is a catalog interpretation of the ingested metadata and cites the original advisories below.

System administrator

Identify whether easy_software_products cups is in your estate, then compare installed versions with the affected ranges. Affected packages or ranges on record: apple/mac os x (10.2); easy software products/cups (1.0.4); easy software products/cups (1.0.4_8); easy software products/cups (1.1.1). Published remediation guidance: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. Prefer the vendor or distribution advisory linked in Sources before changing production systems. This is a catalog interpretation, not a runbook.

Security analyst

Signals on file: CVSS 7.5. CISA lists it as known exploited. Sources contributing to this record: apple, cve_org, vulncheck_kev. Public exploit references, when present, are outbound links only and are not proof of active exploitation. This is a catalog interpretation of stored metadata.

Exploitation and remediation

  • Exploitation evidence

    Confirmed in CISA KEV since Dec 19, 2002. Listed in CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV.

  • Patch and remediation

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  • Safe detection guidance

    Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 19, 2002 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  2. Dec 26, 2002 · Apple Security Releases

    Detected

    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.

  3. Jun 16, 2026 · Apple Security Releases

    Updated

    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.

Affected

  • cpe apple/mac os x10.2
  • cpe easy software products/cups1.0.4
  • cpe easy software products/cups1.0.4_8
  • cpe easy software products/cups1.1.1
  • cpe easy software products/cups1.1.4
  • cpe easy software products/cups1.1.4_2
  • cpe easy software products/cups1.1.4_3
  • vendor easy_software_products cupsversion unspecified

Sources

  • Apple Security ReleasesVendor advisoryCVE-2002-1368

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2002-1368

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2002-1368

    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)

    vulncheck.com

References