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The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 18, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize memory for IPP request packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a scheduler request with two consecutive IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED tags.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 9, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Last updated Feb 18, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(94th percentile)

Weaknesses

NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Learn more on MITRE.

Use of Uninitialized Resource

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2009-0949

GHSA ID

GHSA-m37g-v637-95q3

Source code

No known source code

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