When was CVE-2004-1268 disclosed?

CVE-2004-1268 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 10, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2004-1268 actively exploited?

CVE-2004-1268 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 28.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2004-1268?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2004-1268, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2004-1268

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 ignores write errors when modifying the CUPS passwd file, which allows local users to corrupt the file by filling the associated file system and triggering the write errors.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 28.5%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

cve@mitrehttp://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt
cve@mitrehttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18606
cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10398
cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18606
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10398

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