Is CVE-2009-3553 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3553 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3553?

CVE-2009-3553 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-3553

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD

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.

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-416
EPSS score: 3.9% (90th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-3535)
Published: November 20, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3535 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / cups
apple / cups
apple / mac os x
apple / mac os x server
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
redhat / enterprise linux

Certified products that may be affected

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1385 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSwan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1386 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1387 - historical

See all 9 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37360(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37364(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38241(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-275230-1(Broken Link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v5994+gcups.bugs(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v5996+gcups.bugs(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v6055+gcups.bugs(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3200(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176(Mailing List)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1595.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37048(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0173(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530111(Issue Tracking)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11183(Broken Link)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00332.html(Mailing List)

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

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