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CVE-2017-18190

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18190 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting CUPS versions prior to 2.2.2 across various Apple, Debian, and Ubuntu Linux distributions. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IPP commands by exploiting a whitelist entry for "localhost.localdomain" in conjunction with DNS rebinding. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on integrity, requiring no user interaction or privileges. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0298 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: cups-1:1.6.3-51.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-18190Moderate

cups: DNS rebinding attacks via incorrect whitelist

Feb 16, 2018

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/project-zero/issues/detail
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / apple/cups/commit/afa80cb2b457bf8d64f775bed307588610476c41
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00023.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3577-1
Third Party Advisory