CVE-2010-2941
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 6.4% (pctl 94)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 6.42% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2010-11-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (13)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | cups |
| apple | mac os x |
| apple | mac os x server |
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| opensuse | opensuse |
| redhat | enterprise linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
| suse | linux enterprise |
| suse | linux enterprise server |
References
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050977.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051277.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051301.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42287
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42867
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024662
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.468323
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:233
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234
- http://www.osvdb.org/68951
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0866.html
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