cups Incomplete fix for CVE-2009-3553
Published Mar 5, 2010
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.58%
Description
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 before 1.4.4, when kqueue or epoll is used, 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-3553.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 1.4.4
- < 10.5.8
- ≥ 10.6.0 · < 10.6.4
- < 10.5.8
- ≥ 10.6.0 · < 10.6.4
Configuration 2
- 11
Configuration 3
- 6.06
- 8.04
- 8.10
- 9.04
- 9.10
Configuration 4
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.4
- 5.0
- 5.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cups-1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.6
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0129
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cups-1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0129 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.58% (0.02583) | 84.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.58% (0.02583) | 83.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.29% (0.05290) | 89.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.63% (0.09628) | 88.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.29% (0.05290) | 89.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.71% (0.04711) | 92.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 7.58% (0.07584) | 93.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2023 | 5.96% (0.05963) | 92.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.19% (0.07193) | 92.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3490 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037174.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38785 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38927 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38979 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40220 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38510 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024124 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0302 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557775 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0302
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11216 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0129.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0302
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