CVE-2010-0393: Apple Cups

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The _cupsGetlang function, as used by lppasswd.c in lppasswd in CUPS 1.2.2, 1.3.7, 1.3.9, and 1.4.1, relies on an environment variable to determine the file that provides localized message strings, which allows local users to gain privileges via a file that contains crafted localization data with format string specifiers.

Affected products

• Apple Cups: version 1.2.2 only; version 1.3.7 only; version 1.3.9 only; version 1.4.1 only

Published 2010-03-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.