Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-2941

Title: Apple Cups RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-2941.

CWE Category CWE-416
Published Date Nov 05, 2010
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
21.35%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

A
apple 1
E
easy_software_products 1

Reference Links

http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050977.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051277.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051301.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42287 http://secunia.com/advisories/42867 http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1024662 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.468323 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:233 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234 http://www.osvdb.org/68951 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0866.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44530 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1012-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3042 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3088 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624438 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62882 http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050977.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051277.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051301.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42287 http://secunia.com/advisories/42867 http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1024662 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.468323 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:233 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234 http://www.osvdb.org/68951 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0866.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44530 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1012-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3042 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3088 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624438 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62882
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-2941 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.