Out-of-bounds Read Affecting cups-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-CUPSDEVEL-16336304
  • published1 May 2026
  • disclosed24 Apr 2026

Introduced: 24 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-41079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 cups-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups-devel package and not the cups-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1