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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-0302 · published 5 March 2010

CVE-2010-0302: Apple cups use after free vulnerability

Apple · Cups

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.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 2.6% · top 15.4% CWE-416 · Use after free
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
2.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
10Affected product versions listed by NVD
36References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

10 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://cups.org/articles.php?L596 Release Notes
http://cups.org/str.php?L3490 Release Notes
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037174.html Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/38785 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38927 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38979 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188 Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38510 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024124 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557775 Issue TrackingPatch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11216 Broken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0129.html Third Party Advisory
http://cups.org/articles.php?L596 Release Notes
http://cups.org/str.php?L3490 Release Notes
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037174.html Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/38785 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38927 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38979 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188 Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38510 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024124 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557775 Issue TrackingPatch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11216 Broken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0129.html Third Party Advisory

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