Is CVE-2002-1372 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2002-1372 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2002-1372?

CVE-2002-1372 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2002-1372?

CVE-2002-1372 has an EPSS score of 2.97% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1372?

Upgrade cups on debian 11 to 1.1.18-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2002-1372

HIGHEPSS 86th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by causing file descriptors to be assigned and not released, as demonstrated by fanta.

CWE-252

How to fix

Remediation Available

cupsDebian

Fixed in:1.1.18-1CVE-2002-1372

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.97%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

idefense.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Mailing List1

marc.info

Other references5

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.