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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2002-1384 json

Integer overflow in pdftops, as used in Xpdf 2.01 and earlier, xpdf-i, and CUPS before 1.1.18, allows local users to execute arbitrary code…

published 2003-01-02 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1368

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in pdftops, as used in Xpdf 2.01 and earlier, xpdf-i, and CUPS before 1.1.18, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a ColorSpace entry with a large number of elements, as demonstrated by cups-pdf.

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.18-1
  • xpdf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.01-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1384

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2002-1384 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Linux 6.2 Red Hat Linux 7.0 Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:037
  • Red Hat Linux 7.3 Red Hat Linux 8.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2002:295
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2002:307

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • idefense.com http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.23.02.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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