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CVE-2009-0949

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2009-06-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Canonical Ubuntu LinuxApple Mac Os XDebian Debian LinuxApple CupsOpensuse OpensuseApple Mac Os X ServerSuse Linux Enterprise

Weakness Type

CWE-908

References