CVE-2009-3553
Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 46 days later
· 46 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
22
- 37364 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11183 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- USN-906-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1595 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 37048 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v5996+gcups.bugs (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-01-19-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- GLSA-201207-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0535 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37360 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3200 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530111 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v5994+gcups.bugs (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-12652 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 43521 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 38241 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v6055+gcups.bugs (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 275230 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0173 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3535 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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