CVE-2005-2874: Easy Software Products Cups

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by tight loop) via a "..\.." URL in an HTTP request.

Affected products

• Easy Software Products Cups: version 1.1 only; version 1.1.1 only; version 1.1.2 only; version 1.1.3 only; version 1.1.4 only; version 1.1.5 only; …

Published 2005-09-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.