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CVE-2009-0949

38
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-33020 · Jun 2, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1963 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.62
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0949Important

cups: IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED handling NULL pointer dereference DoS

Jun 2, 2009

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
Mailing List
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
secunia.com / advisories/35322
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35328
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35340
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35342
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35685
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/36701
Broken Link
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50926
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9631
Broken Link
support.apple.com / kb/HT3865
Third Party Advisory
coresecurity.com / content/AppleCUPS-null-pointer-vulnerability
ExploitThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1811
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1082.html
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1083.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504032/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/35169
Broken LinkExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-780-1
Third Party Advisory