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 e…
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.214 (95.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Apple Cups
- Apple Mac_os_x
- Apple Mac_os_x_server
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 10.10, 6.06, 10.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 5.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 12, 13, 14
- Opensuse — versions 11.3, 11.1, 11.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 5.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- MDVSA-2010:234 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- ADV-2010-3042 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Broken Link)
- RHSA-2010:0811 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- RHSA-2010:0866 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- MDVSA-2010:232 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, Broken Link)
- FEDORA-2010-17615 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- SUSE-SR:2010:023 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, x_refsource_SUSE)
- ADV-2010-2856 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, 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.