CVE catalog

CVE-2012-4510

cups-pk-helper: CVE-2012-4510

Severity: Medium
Published: Oct 23, 2012, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.22% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	cups-pk-helper	sid	`0.2.6-2.1`	fixed
Debian	cups-pk-helper	forky	`0.2.6-2.1`	fixed
Debian	cups-pk-helper	trixie	`0.2.6-2.1`	fixed
Debian	cups-pk-helper	bookworm	`0.2.6-1`	fixed
Opensuse	cups-pk-helper	tumbleweed	`0.2.6-1.5`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	cups-pk-helper	source	sid	`0.2.3-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	cups-pk-helper	source	forky	`0.2.3-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	cups-pk-helper	source	trixie	`0.2.3-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	cups-pk-helper	source	bookworm	`0.2.3-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Opensuse	cups-pk-helper	rpm	tumbleweed	`0.2.6-1.5`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10212-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[cups-pk-helper-lang]Unknown
Source package: [cups-pk-helper]
Details (1)
- 0.2.7-1.14 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 0.2.6-1.5
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · cups-pk-helper · opensuse · tumbleweed
[cups-pk-helper]Fixed
Source package: [cups-pk-helper]
Details (1)
- 0.2.7-1.14 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.2.6-1.5
  dsa · cups-pk-helper · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[cups-pk-helper]Fixed
Source package: [cups-pk-helper]
Details (2)
- 0.2.6-1+b1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.2.3-1
  dsa · cups-pk-helper · debian · bookworm; dsa · cups-pk-helper · debian · 12
- 0.2.6-1+b1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.2.3-1
  dsa · cups-pk-helper · debian · bookworm; dsa · cups-pk-helper · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[cups-pk-helper]Fixed
Details (2)
- 0.2.6-2.1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.2.3-1
  dsa · cups-pk-helper · debian · 13
- 0.2.6-2.1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.2.3-1
  dsa · cups-pk-helper · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:06:33 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]