CVE-2026-39314CWE-191

CUPS has an integer underflow in `_ppdCreateFromIPP` causes root cupsd crash via negative `job-password-supported`

Medium · published April 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00158 · 4.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-191 · Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
Published
2026-04-07T16:59Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 APR 16:59Z
    CUPS has an integer underflow in `_ppdCreateFromIPP` causes root cupsd crash via negative `job-password-supported`
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