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CVE-2015-1158

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1158 describes a critical vulnerability in CUPS versions prior to 2.0.3, specifically within the add_job function in cupsd. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger data corruption via crafted IPP_CREATE_JOB or IPP_PRINT_JOB requests, affecting the handling of job-originating-host-name attributes. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, including arbitrary code execution. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, demonstrating remote command execution. The vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, with an EPSS score indicating a high likelihood of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cups:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
29.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41233 · Feb 3, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2991 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: cups-1:1.4.2-67.el6_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: cups-1:1.6.3-17.ael7b_1.1
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1158Important

cups: incorrect string reference counting (VU#810572)

Jun 10, 2015

References

googleprojectzero.blogspot.in / 2015/06/owning-internet-printing-case-study-in.html
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1123.html
bugzilla.opensuse.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
code.google.com / p/google-security-research/issues/detail
github.com / 0x00string/oldays/blob/master/CVE-2015-1158.py
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201510-07
cups.org / str.php
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/37336
exploit-db.com / exploits/41233
cups.org / blog.php
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3283
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/810572
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/75098
securitytracker.com / id/1032556
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2629-1