High 7.5Published Nov 19, 2009

CVE-2009-3553Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS 1.3.7 and 1.3.10 allows remote at…

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Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS 1.3.7 and 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs, related to improperly maintaining a reference count. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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-416
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	1.3.7; 1.3.10	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	before 10.5.8; from 10.6.0 before 10.6.2	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	before 10.5.8; from 10.6.0 before 10.6.2	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	10	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	6.06; 8.04; 8.10; 9.04; 9.10	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	5.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux redhat:enterprise_linux	5.0	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html	mailing-list
http://secunia.com/advisories/37360	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37364	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38241	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521	broken-link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml	third-party-advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-275230-1	broken-link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004	vendor-advisory
http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v5994+gcups.bugs	broken-link, patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v5996+gcups.bugs	broken-link, patch, vendor-advisory
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