CVE-2003-0788

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unknown vulnerability in the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) implementation in CUPS before 1.1.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from a "busy loop") via certain inputs to the IPP port (TCP 631).

Affected products

Easy Software Products Cups: 1.0.4, 1.0.4_8, 1.1.1, 1.1.4, 1.1.4_2, 1.1.4_3 (+11)

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97958
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000779
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000788
http://secunia.com/advisories/10123
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:104
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-275.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8952
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-63.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13584
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97958
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000779
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000788

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