CVE-2026-41079 (GCVE-0-2026-41079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-24 16:54 – Updated: 2026-04-25 01:47
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Title
OpenPrinting CUPS: Heap out-of-bounds read in SNMP supply-level polling leaks stack memory to authenticated users
Summary
OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to 2.4.17, a network-adjacent attacker can send a crafted SNMP response to the CUPS SNMP backend that causes an out-of-bounds read of up to 176 bytes past a stack buffer. The leaked memory is converted from UTF-16 to UTF-8 and stored as printer supply description strings, which are subsequently visible to authenticated users via IPP Get-Printer-Attributes responses and the CUPS web interface. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.17.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenPrinting cups Affected: < 2.4.17
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