CVE-2010-2941
ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted IPP request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2945)
- Published
- November 5, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2945 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- 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
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- suse / linux enterprise
- suse / linux enterprise
- suse / linux enterprise
- suse / linux enterprise server
Certified products that may be affected
11 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 11 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox(Broken Link)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050977.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051277.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051301.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42287(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42867(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521(Broken Link)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024662(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.468323(Broken Link)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435(Broken Link)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:233(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234(Broken Link)
- http://www.osvdb.org/68951(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0866.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44530(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1012-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3042(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3088(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535(Broken Link)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624438(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62882(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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