CVE-2009-1196

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The directory-services functionality in the scheduler in CUPS 1.1.17 and 1.1.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cupsd daemon outage or crash) via manipulations of the timing of CUPS browse packets, related to a "pointer use-after-delete flaw."

Affected products

cups: 1.1.17, 1.1.22

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35340
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022327
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1083.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35194
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1488
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497135
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50944
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11217
http://secunia.com/advisories/35340
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022327
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1083.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35194

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