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CVE-2014-0466 json

The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows context-dependent attackers to delete arbitra…

published 2014-04-03 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-0504

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows context-dependent attackers to delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands via a crafted PostScript file.

Patch / fix

  • a2ps Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:4.14-1.3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0466

  • a2ps openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.14-6.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10086-1

  • a2ps Arch Linux 4.14-9

arch linux advisories AVG-1150

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0466 updated cvss 6.8

a2ps: fixps does not invoke gs with -dSAFER

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 a2ps Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 a2ps, emacs-a2ps, emacs-a2ps-el
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 a2ps, emacs-a2ps, emacs-a2ps-el
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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