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CVE-2010-2432

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2432 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the client component of CUPS before version 1.4.4, specifically affecting Apple CUPS implementations. When the HAVE_GSSAPI option is omitted, remote CUPS servers can trigger an infinite loop by sending HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED responses. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0210 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2432

cups: DoS (infinite loop) via HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED responses STR #3518

Mar 3, 2010

References

cups.org / articles.php
PatchVendor Advisory
cups.org / str.php
secunia.com / advisories/43521
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2176
mandriva.com / security/advisories
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0535