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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2009-3553 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the…

published 2009-11-20 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3535

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS 1.3.7 and 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs, related to improperly maintaining a reference count. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Patch / fix

  • apple mac_os_x 10.5.8, 10.6.2
  • apple mac_os_x_server 10.5.8, 10.6.2
  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.2-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3553

  • cups RHEL 5 1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.4
  • cups-lpd RHEL 5 1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.4
  • cups-libs RHEL 5 1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1595

  • cups openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.1.3-2.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10075-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-3553 updated cvss 3.3

cups: Use-after-free (crash) due improper reference counting in abstract file descriptors handling interface

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) cups 1.3.7-11.el5_4.4, cups-lpd 1.3.7-11.el5_4.4, cups-libs 1.3.7-11.el5_4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) cups 1.3.7-11.el5_4.4, cups-lpd 1.3.7-11.el5_4.4, cups-libs 1.3.7-11.el5_4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) cups 1.3.7-11.el5_4.4, cups-lpd 1.3.7-11.el5_4.4, cups-libs 1.3.7-11.el5_4.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1595

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Exploit prediction

3.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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