CVE-2014-5029

The web interface in CUPS 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /var/cache/cups/rss/ and language[0] set to null. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537.

Published: 2014-07-29 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5029 is rated Low Risk (14.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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-2014-5029

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 0.05% 0.32% +0.27%
2 2025-03-30 0.07% 0.05% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5029

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.5 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 2.7 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5029

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5029

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-5029 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5029
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5029
suse medium CVE-2014-5029 severity moderate: SUSE including 176 source package names (cups, cups-1.3.9-8.46.52.2, …), 310 product×package rows across 75 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (75 product lines)): Fixed 247, Known Not Affected 63. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5029/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-5029 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cups), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5029

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5029

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple cups 1.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5029

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