Unscored severity · published Jun 21, 2010
CVE-2010-0542
The _WriteProlog function in texttops.c in texttops in the Text Filter subsystem in CUPS before 1.4.4 does not check the return values of certain calloc calls, which allows remote…
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CVSS
4.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The _WriteProlog function in texttops.c in texttops in the Text Filter subsystem in CUPS before 1.4.4 does not check the return values of certain calloc calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Cups · Apple
through 1.4.3; 1.1; 1.1.1; 1.1.2; 1.1.3; 1.1.4; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0542
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0542
Patch
http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
cups.org
http://cups.org/str.php?L3516
Patch
http://cups.org/strfiles/3516/str3516.patch
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
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