CVE-2026-39314

Medium

Description

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, an integer underflow vulnerability in _ppdCreateFromIPP() (cups/ppd-cache.c) allows any unprivileged local user to crash the cupsd root process by supplying a negative job-password-supported IPP attribute. The bounds check only caps the upper bound, so a negative value passes validation, is cast to size_t (wrapping to ~2^64), and is used as the length argument to memset() on a 33-byte stack buffer. This causes an immediate SIGSEGV in the cupsd root process. Combined with systemd's Restart=on-failure, an attacker can repeat the crash for sustained denial of service.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.0
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenprinting Cups
PublishedApr 7, 2026
First seenApr 7, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-191CWE-191

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openprinting cupsv ≤ 2.4.16—

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