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CVE-2009-3553

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3553 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the CUPS scheduler (cupsd) affecting versions 1.3.7 and 1.3.10, impacting products from Apple, Canonical, Debian, Fedora Project, and Red Hat. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) by disconnecting a client while a large number of print jobs are being listed. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.6.0, < 10.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0391 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.4
View patch
applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3553Moderate

cups: Use-after-free (crash) due improper reference counting in abstract file descriptors handling interface

May 15, 2009

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html
Mailing List
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
secunia.com / advisories/37360
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37364
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38241
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/43521
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11183
Broken Link
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
support.apple.com / kb/HT4004
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00332.html
Mailing List
cups.org / newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
cups.org / newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
cups.org / newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
cups.org / str.php
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2176
Mailing List
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1595.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/37048
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-906-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0173
Broken Link
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0535
Broken Link