CVE-2011-2722: HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The send_data_to_stdout function in prnt/hpijs/hpcupsfax.cpp in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x before 3.11.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file.

Affected products

• HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project: up to and including 3.11.5; version 3.9.2 only; version 3.9.4 only; version 3.9.4b only; version 3.9.6 only; version 3.9.8 only; …

Published 2012-05-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.