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Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVE-2009-0949

High
7.5/10

Summary

The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize memory for IPP request packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a scheduler request with two consecutive IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED tags.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource

The software uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published