Vulnerability in Apple Cups
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 pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a s…
EPSS: 0.196 (97.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Apple Cups
- Apple Mac_os_x
- Apple Mac_os_x_server
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 6.06, 8.04, 8.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
- Opensuse — versions 10.3
- Suse Linux_enterprise — versions 9.0, 10.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Broken Link, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Mailing List)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-0949?
- CVE-2009-0949 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Cups, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2009-06-09.
- How severe is CVE-2009-0949?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.