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CVE-2012-4510 json

cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remot…

published 2012-11-20 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4439

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cups-pk-helper Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.2.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4510

  • cups-pk-helper openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.2.6-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10212-1

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-2012-4510 updated cvss 5.6

cups-pk-helper: Insecure wrapping of cupsGetFile() and cupsPutFile() methods

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 cups-pk-helper
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 cups-pk-helper
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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