SecuriTricks - CVE-2026-39314

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Openprinting	Cups	<2.4.16

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-191

Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	openprinting	cups	<2.4.16	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-pp8w-2g52-7vj7

CVSS Score

4.0 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Timeline

Published: April 7, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
Last Modified: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

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Source

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CVE-2026-39314