CVE-2009-1196 Use after free in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 9 Jun 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the CUPS daemon via timing manipulations of browse packets, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2009-1196?

CVE-2009-1196 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Apple Cups, published on 9 Jun 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The directory-services functionality in the scheduler in CUPS 1.1.17 and 1.1.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cupsd daemon outage or crash) via manipulations of the timing of CUPS browse packets, related to a "pointer use-after-delete flaw."

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1196?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Cups.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1196?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2009-1196 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1196, GHSA-f338-5f7m-892w.