CVE-2014-1833

Directory traversal vulnerability in uupdate in devscripts 2.14.1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a crafted .orig.tar file, related to a symlink.

Published: 2014-02-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-1833 is rated Moderate Risk (54/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.73%). EPSS rose +3.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1833

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.65% 3.73% +3.08%
2 2026-01-22 0.76% 0.65% -0.11%
3 2025-09-07 — 0.76% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1833

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1833

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1833

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-1833 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (devscripts), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1833
suse medium CVE-2014-1833 severity moderate: SUSE including 3 source package names (checkbashisms, checkbashisms-2.12.6-5.3.1, devscripts), 43 product×package rows across 23 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (23 product lines)): Known Not Affected 42, Fixed 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1833/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1833 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (devscripts), 8 status rows across 8 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 4, ignored 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1833

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1833

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
devscripts_devel_team devscripts 2.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1833

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