The add_job function in scheduler/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 2.0.3 performs incorrect free operations for multiple-value…

Description

The add_job function in scheduler/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 2.0.3 performs incorrect free operations for multiple-value job-originating-host-name attributes, which allows remote attackers to trigger data corruption for reference-counted strings via a crafted (1) IPP_CREATE_JOB or (2) IPP_PRINT_JOB request, as demonstrated by replacing the configuration file and consequently executing arbitrary code.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

29.7% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-254 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-254 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (20)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221641 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3283 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=924208 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2629-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10702 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1032556 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L1082 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• VU#810572 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 75098 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://github.com/0x00string/oldays/blob/master/CVE-2015-1158.py (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4609 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201510-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=455 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 37336 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.in/2015/06/owning-internet-printing-case-study-in.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 41233 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:1056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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)
• 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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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 04:33 UTC.