Use After Free in Apple Cups
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 (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted IPP request.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.064 (93.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.064 · newest: 0.064 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Cups
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple Mac OS X Server
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.10, 6.06, 10.04
- Debian Linux — versions 5.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 12, 13, 14
- openSUSE — versions 11.3, 11.1, 11.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 (Broken Link)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3042 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0866.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox (Broken Link)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051301.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856 (vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-2941?
- CVE-2010-2941 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Cups, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2010-11-05.
- How severe is CVE-2010-2941?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.