Is CVE-2012-4510 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-4510 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-4510?

CVE-2012-4510 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-4510

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 1.2% (69th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-4439)
Published: November 20, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4439 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper project / cups-pk-helper

References

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

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