Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-34979

Title: Heap-based buffer overflow in CUPS scheduler

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-34979.

CWE Category CWE-122
Published Date Apr 03, 2026
Modified Date Apr 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.03%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-34979: OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the CUPS scheduler when building filter option strings from job attribute. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.3
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:N/I:N/A:L

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

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CVE-2026-34979 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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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:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.