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.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Cups	Apple	*	1.4.4 (including)
Mac_os_x	Apple	*	10.5.8 (excluding)
Mac_os_x	Apple	10.6.0 (including)	10.6.4 (including)
Mac_os_x_server	Apple	*	10.5.8 (excluding)
Mac_os_x_server	Apple	10.6.0 (including)	10.6.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	RedHat	cups-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.8	*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	RedHat	cups-1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1	*
Cups	Ubuntu	devel	*
Cups	Ubuntu	karmic	*
Cups	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Cups	Ubuntu	maverick	*
Cupsys	Ubuntu	dapper	*
Cupsys	Ubuntu	hardy	*

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2941
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

Use After Free

Weakness

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

References