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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-2941 · published 5 November 2010

CVE-2010-2941: Apple cups use after free vulnerability

Apple · Cups

ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted IPP request.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 6.4% · top 6.5% CWE-416 · Use after free
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 9.3
6.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
13Affected product versions listed by NVD
58References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted IPP request.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050977.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051277.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051301.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html Mailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42287 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42867 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024662 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.468323 Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:233 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234 Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/68951 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0866.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44530 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1012-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3042 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3088 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624438 Issue TrackingPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62882 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050977.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051277.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051301.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html Mailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42287 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42867 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-2941), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.