High 7.5Published Jun 9, 2009

CVE-2009-0949The 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 point…

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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.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-908
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple cups apple:cups	before 1.3.10	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	6.06; 8.04; 8.10; 9.04	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	4.0; 5.0; 6.0	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	from 10.0.0 before 10.4.11; from 10.5.0 before 10.5.8	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	from 10.0.0 before 10.4.11; from 10.5.0 before 10.5.8	NVD
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse	10.3	NVD
suse linux_enterprise suse:linux_enterprise	9.0; 10.0	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html	mailing-list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html	mailing-list
http://secunia.com/advisories/35322	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35328	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35340	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35342	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701	broken-link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022321	broken-link, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865	third-party-advisory
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