CVE-2009-0949 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in CUPS versions prior to 1.3.10, affecting products from Apple, Canonical, Debian, openSUSE, and SUSE. A remote attacker can exploit a NULL pointer dereference in the ippReadIO function by sending a crafted IPP request with two consecutive IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED tags, causing the daemon to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3.1 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a high impact on availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or actively exploited in the wild, an exploit module is available on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
8.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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