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CVE-2009-0949

The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize...

7.5 HighPublic exploitFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

19.6%Up 7.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2009-0949
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-908
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2009-0949
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-0946 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2009-0946
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m37g-v637-95q3 7.5

The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize...

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.

Record
GHSA-m37g-v637-95q3
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476, CWE-908
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2009-0949
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2009-0949 7.5

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0949
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cups
Debian:12
 before 1.3.10-1
1.3.10-1
cups
Debian:13
 before 1.3.10-1
1.3.10-1
cups
Debian:14
 before 1.3.10-1
1.3.10-1
cupsys
Debian:4.0
 before 1.2.7-4+etch8, plus listed versions
1.2.7-41.2.7-4etch11.2.7-4etch21.2.7-4etch31.2.7-4etch41.2.7-4etch51.2.7-4etch61.2.7-4etch7
1.2.7-4+etch8
cups
Debian:5.0
 before 1.3.8-1+lenny6, plus listed versions
1.3.8-1lenny4.11.3.8-1lenny5
1.3.8-1+lenny6
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cups-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups-lpd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups-lpd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.6
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.17-13.3.62
1:1.1.17-13.3.62
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
cups-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3
1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBCUPS 1.3.9 - 'cups/ipp.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service2009-06-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2009-0949 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Apple Cups, published June 2, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.6%, the 97th percentile. Fixed in cups 1.3.10-1.

References

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