cups-pk-helper: Insecure wrapping of cupsGetFile() and cupsPutFile() methods
Published Nov 20, 2012
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.22%
Description
cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS resources.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.2.2
- 0.0.1
- 0.0.2
- 0.0.3
- 0.0.4
- 0.1.0
- 0.1.1
- 0.1.2
- 0.1.3
- 0.2.0
- 0.2.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
cups-pk-helper
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
cups-pk-helper
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | cups-pk-helper | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | cups-pk-helper | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.22% (0.01221) | 67.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.23% (0.01231) | 64.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.27% (0.00275) | 48.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00260) | 66.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00260) | 64.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00260) | 61.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2562 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:069 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4510 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864515 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4510
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4510
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2562 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:069 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4510 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864515 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4510 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4510 |
Change history (0)
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