CVE-2009-0949
HIGH7.5EPSS 22.4%cups cupsys - denial of service
Published: 6/9/2009Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0949
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 packages (3)
- Debian/cupsfrom 0, < 1.3.10-1
- Debian/cupsfrom 0, < 1.3.8-1+lenny6
- Debian/cupsysfrom 0, < 1.2.7-4+etch8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |