CVE-2009-3553

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 20, 2009 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM UTC
7 products affected across 5 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxFedora

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS 1.3.7 and 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs, related to improperly maintaining a reference count. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 10.5.810.6.0 ≤ v < 10.6.2
Affected range stops below 10.5.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 10.5.810.6.0 ≤ v < 10.6.2
Affected range stops below 10.5.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (22)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37360
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37364
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38241
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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