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CVE-2009-0163

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0163 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, specifically within its TIFF image decoding routines. This flaw, affecting Apple CUPS, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (daemon crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted TIFF image. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0425 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.58
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0163Moderate

cups: Integer overflow in the TIFF image filter

Apr 16, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00011.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/34481
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34722
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34747
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34756
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34852
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200904-20.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11546
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0061
cups.org / articles.php
cups.org / str.php
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1773
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0428.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0429.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502750/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34571
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-760-1