Medium 4.3Published Jun 17, 2010

CVE-2010-1748The cgi_initialize_string function in cgi-bin/var.c in the web interface in CUPS before 1.4.4, as used on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4, and other platforms, does not properly ha…

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The cgi_initialize_string function in cgi-bin/var.c in the web interface in CUPS before 1.4.4, as used on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4, and other platforms, does not properly handle parameter values containing a % (percent) character without two subsequent hex characters, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from cupsd process memory via a crafted request, as demonstrated by the (1) /admin?OP=redirect&URL=% and (2) /admin?URL=/admin/&OP=% URIs.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
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	through 1.4.3; 1.1; 1.1.1; 1.1.2; 1.1.3; 1.1.4; 1.1.5; 1.1.5-1; and 76 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
http://cups.org/str.php?L3577
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521	vendor-advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188	patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
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