CVE-2014-9679

Integer underflow in the cupsRasterReadPixels function in filter/raster.c in CUPS before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a malformed compressed raster file, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Published: 2015-02-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9679 is rated Moderate Risk (57.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.63%, 90th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9679

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 5.93% 4.63% -1.30%
2 2026-06-07 5.46% 5.93% +0.48%
3 2026-05-13 — 5.46% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9679

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9679

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9679

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9679 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-2014-9679
gentoo normal CVE-2014-9679: 1 GLSA(s) (201607-06), 1 atom(s) (net-print/cups); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-9679
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9679
suse high CVE-2014-9679 severity important: SUSE including 56 source package names (cups-1.3.9-8.46.54.2, cups-1.3.9-8.46.56.1, …), 129 product×package rows across 51 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand, … (51 product lines)): Fixed 129. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9679/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9679 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9679

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9679

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple cups <= 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9679

URL Tags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0067.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150171.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150177.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00098.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1123.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3172 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:049 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/15 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/12/12 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72594 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031776 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2520-1 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-06 Third Party Advisory
https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4551 Vendor Advisory
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