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CVE-2012-6094

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6094 describes a critical vulnerability in CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) where the "Listen localhost:631" option is not correctly honored, potentially allowing unauthorized access to the system. This affects Apple CUPS, Apple Debian Linux, Debian CUPS, and Debian Debian Linux. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a network-exploitable, low-complexity attack that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.4-1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0207 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6094Moderate

cups: 'Listen localhost:631' option not honoured correctly on IPv6-enabled systems when systemd used for CUPS socket activation

Dec 21, 2012

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-6094
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/82451
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-6094
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/57158
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry