CVE-2010-1748
The cgi_initialize_string function in cgi-bin/var.c in the web interface in CUPS before 1.4.4, as used on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4, and other platforms, does not properly handle parameter values containing a % (percent) character without two subsequent hex characters, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from cupsd process memory via a crafted request, as demonstrated by the (1) /admin?OP=redirect&URL=% and (2) /admin?URL=/admin/&OP=% URIs.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.5% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1768)
- Published
- June 17, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1768 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / cups
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References
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3577
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40220(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40871(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9723
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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