OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, a use-after-free vulnerability exists in the CUPS scheduler (cupsd) when temporary printers are automatically deleted. cupsdDeleteTemporaryPrinters() in scheduler/printers.c calls cupsdDeletePrinter() without first expiring subscriptions that reference the printer, leaving cupsd_subscription_t.dest as a dangling pointer to freed heap memory. The dangling pointer is subsequently dereferenced at multiple code sites, causing a crash (denial of service) of the cupsd daemon. With heap grooming, this can be leveraged for code execution.
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| Description | OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, a use-after-free vulnerability exists in the CUPS scheduler (cupsd) when temporary printers are automatically deleted. cupsdDeleteTemporaryPrinters() in scheduler/printers.c calls cupsdDeletePrinter() without first expiring subscriptions that reference the printer, leaving cupsd_subscription_t.dest as a dangling pointer to freed heap memory. The dangling pointer is subsequently dereferenced at multiple code sites, causing a crash (denial of service) of the cupsd daemon. With heap grooming, this can be leveraged for code execution. | |
| Title | CUPS has a use-after-free in `cupsdDeleteTemporaryPrinters` via dangling subscription pointer | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-416 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-04-07T17:00:26.801Z
Reserved: 2026-04-06T19:31:07.266Z
Link: CVE-2026-39316
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-07T17:16:37.230
Modified: 2026-04-07T17:16:37.230
Link: CVE-2026-39316
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