CVE-2010-2941
ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
02 Description
ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
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
- 6.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (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:H/I:H/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
- 2010-11-05 16:28Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-08-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b7224b54f826801429c9babadbe3023c7b81a6e429d3642bbd1a4470ce8bfab0
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:234http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3042http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3042
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0811http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0866http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0866.html
- blogs.sun.comhttp://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:232http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-17615http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051301.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:023http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2856http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856
- www.debian.orgDSA-2176http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- securitytracker.com1024662http://securitytracker.com/id?1024662
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- secunia.com42867http://secunia.com/advisories/42867
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201207-10http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0061http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-17641http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050977.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0535http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1012-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1012-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-17627http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051277.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:233http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:233
- secunia.com42287http://secunia.com/advisories/42287
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624438
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcups-cupsd-code-execution(62882)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62882
- secunia.com43521http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- slackware.comSSA:2010-333-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.468323
- www.osvdb.org68951http://www.osvdb.org/68951
- www.securityfocus.com44530http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44530
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3088http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3088
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.4.4-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.4.4-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.4.4-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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