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cups — security advisory
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.
- Products
- cups
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.4.4-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-0542
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0542
cups
Fixed versions: 1.4.4-1
cups
Fixed versions: 1.4.4-1
cups
Fixed versions: 1.4.4-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:31.659798627Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 417430,
"published_at": "2010-06-21T16:30:01.087+00:00"
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