Is CVE-2007-4045 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-4045 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-4045?

CVE-2007-4045 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-4045

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.6%EU EUVD

The CUPS service, as used in SUSE Linux before 20070720 and other Linux distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors related to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-0720 that introduced a different denial of service problem in SSL negotiation.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score: 4.6% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-4029)
Published: July 27, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4029 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / cups
fedoraproject / fedora

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199195(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27577(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27615(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28113(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-476.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:036(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1022.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1023.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26524(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=250161(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9303(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00238.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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