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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 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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