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 attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or heap…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.13% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- apple/cups
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 4.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596Patch
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3516
- http://cups.org/strfiles/3516/str3516.patchPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024121
- 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-2010:234
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40943
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587746Patch
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10365
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596Patch
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3516
- http://cups.org/strfiles/3516/str3516.patchPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024121
- 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-2010:234
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40943
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587746Patch
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10365
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.