CVE-2003-0788 describes an unknown vulnerability within the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) implementation of CUPS versions prior to 1.1.19. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing excessive CPU consumption through a "busy loop" when sending specific inputs to the IPP port (TCP 631). With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.4_8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.4_2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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