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CVE-2014-4338 json

cups-browsed in cups-filters before 1.0.53 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by…

published 2014-06-22 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4265

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cups-filters Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.53-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4338

  • cups-filters Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4338

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cups-filters RHEL 7 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1
  • cups-filters-libs RHEL 7 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1795

  • cups-filters openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.2-1.11

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10313-1

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-2014-4338 updated cvss 4.0

cups-filters: unsupported BrowseAllow value lets cups-browsed accept from all hosts

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) cups-filters 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1, cups-filters-libs 1.0.35-15.el7_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1795

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Exploit prediction

3.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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