Is CVE-2009-3553 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2009-3553 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2009-3553?

CVE-2009-3553 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2009-3553?

CVE-2009-3553 has an EPSS score of 3.91% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3553?

Upgrade cups on debian 11 to 1.4.2-4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-3553

HIGHEPSS 89th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS 1.3.7 and 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs, related to improperly maintaining a reference count. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

cupsDebian

Fixed in:1.4.2-4CVE-2009-3553

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.91%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch4

Vendor Advisory3

Third-Party Advisory3

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Mailing List3

Other references8

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CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.