CVE-2014-2707

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."

Published: 2014-04-17 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2707

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2707

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
6.5 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2707

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2707

vendor priority summary link
debian 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 high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2707
ubuntu 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

Affected software / configurations for 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2707

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