cups-browsed in cups-filters 1.0.41 before 1.0.51 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) model or (2) PDL, related to "System V interface scripts generated for queues."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-2707 is rated Moderate Risk (55.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.17%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 1.34% | 1.17% | -0.16% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 1.47% | 1.34% | -0.13% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 1.47% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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6.5 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2014-2707 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups-filters), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2707 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2014-2707: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-16), 1 atom(s) (net-print/cups-filters); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-2707 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2707 |
ubuntu
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high | CVE-2014-2707 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cups-filters), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2707 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.41 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.42 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.43 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.44 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.45 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.46 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.47 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.48 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.49 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | cups-filters | 1.0.50 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |