Is CVE-2009-0949 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0949 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0949?

CVE-2009-0949 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-0949

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 19.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-908
EPSS score: 19.6% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-0946)
Published: June 9, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0946 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / cups
apple / mac os x
apple / mac os x server
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise
suse / linux enterprise

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35322(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35328(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35340(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35342(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701(Broken Link)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022321(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/AppleCUPS-null-pointer-vulnerability(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1811(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1082.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1083.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504032/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35169(Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-780-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500972(Issue Tracking)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50926(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9631(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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