CVE-2015-1158

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 29.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-254

Description

The add_job function in scheduler/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 2.0.3 performs incorrect free operations for multiple-value job-originating-host-name attributes, which allows remote attackers to trigger data corruption for reference-counted strings via a crafted (1) IPP_CREATE_JOB or (2) IPP_PRINT_JOB request, as demonstrated by replacing the configuration file and consequently executing arbitrary code.

Affected products

cups: through 2.0.2

References

http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.in/2015/06/owning-internet-printing-case-study-in.html
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10702
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1123.html
http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L1082
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3283
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/810572
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75098
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032556
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2629-1

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