CVE-2014-4338

cups-browsed in cups-filters before 1.0.53 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a malformed cups-browsed.conf BrowseAllow directive that is interpreted as granting browse access to all IP addresses.

Published: 2014-06-22 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-4338 is rated Low Risk (36.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-4338

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 2025-12-01 0.54% 0.39% -0.14%
2 2025-11-10 0.63% 0.54% -0.09%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.63% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-4338

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-4338

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-4338

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-4338 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-2014-4338
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4338
ubuntu low CVE-2014-4338 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cups-filters), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream): not-affected 2, released 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4338

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-4338

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linuxfoundation cups-filters <= 1.0.52 cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-4338

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