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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1196, GHSA-f338-5f7m-892w

## 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: Apple Cups.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-1196?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2009-1196 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Cups

- [CVE-2008-5184](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5184/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3641/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0053/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-6094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6094/): Missing authorization in cups (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2010-2941](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2941/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-1196 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Apple Cups. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1196/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1196/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1196
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1196
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1196

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1196/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.