CVE-2009-0949
The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize memory for IPP request packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL
02 Description
The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize memory for IPP request packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 19.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-06-09 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-03-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fdf5a974a54b5884e1e63dbbe013ffe523bae70b90c8bf701d99850d576b0af4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com35169http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35169
- www.debian.orgDSA-1811http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1811
- secunia.com35340http://secunia.com/advisories/35340
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9631https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9631
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500972
- secunia.com35342http://secunia.com/advisories/35342
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comapple-cups-ipptag-dos(50926)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50926
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-780-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-780-1
- www.coresecurity.comhttp://www.coresecurity.com/content/AppleCUPS-null-pointer-vulnerability
- secunia.com35328http://secunia.com/advisories/35328
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1082http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1082.html
- secunia.com35685http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:012http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
- secunia.com36701http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
- www.securityfocus.com20090602 CORE-2009-0420 - Apple CUPS IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED Handling null pointer Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504032/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1083http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1083.html
- securitytracker.com1022321http://securitytracker.com/id?1022321
- secunia.com35322http://secunia.com/advisories/35322
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.3.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.3.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.3.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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