CVE-2009-0949
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 9, 2009 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM UTC
7 products affected across 5 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxUbuntu Linux
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 20%
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 pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a scheduler request with two consecutive IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED tags.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.3.10
Affected range stops below 1.3.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.4.1110.5.0 ≤ v < 10.5.8
Affected range stops below 10.4.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.5.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.4.1110.5.0 ≤ v < 10.5.8
Affected range stops below 10.4.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.5.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (20)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35322Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35328Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35340Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35342Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-908
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