$ cve CVE-2010-1748 JSON

CVE-2010-1748 EXPLOIT

4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.5% (pctl 94)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The cgi_initialize_string function in cgi-bin/var.c in the web interface in CUPS before 1.4.4, as used on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4, and other platforms, does not properly handle parameter values containing a % (percent) character without two subsequent hex characters, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from cupsd process memory via a crafted request, as demonstrated by the (1) /admin?OP=redirect&URL=% and (2) /admin?URL=/admin/&OP=% URIs.

Scoring

CVSS	4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS	6.47% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2010-06-17
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (3)

Vendor	Product
apple	cups
apple	mac os x
apple	mac os x server

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	CUPS 1.4.2 - Web Interface Information Disclosure	2010-06-15

References

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