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CVE-2010-0302

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0302 is a use-after-free vulnerability in CUPS versions prior to 1.4.4, affecting products from Apple, Canonical, Fedora, and Red Hat. This flaw, located in the cupsdDoSelect function, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) by disconnecting a client during the listing of numerous print jobs, particularly when kqueue or epoll is in use. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.6.0, < 10.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.6.0, < 10.6.4CPE 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
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.6
View patch
applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0302Moderate

cups Incomplete fix for CVE-2009-3553

Mar 3, 2010

References

cups.org / articles.php
Release Notes
cups.org / str.php
Release Notes
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
Mailing List
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037174.html
Mailing List
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
secunia.com / advisories/38785
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/38927
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/38979
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/40220
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11216
Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2010-0129.html
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4188
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/38510
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-906-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1481
Broken Link