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CVE-2014-9679 json

Integer underflow in the cupsRasterReadPixels function in filter/raster.c in CUPS before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified…

published 2015-02-19 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9489

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.6%
EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.7.5-11

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9679

  • cups Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9679

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  • cups RHEL 6 1:1.4.2-67.el6_6.1
  • cups RHEL 7 1:1.6.3-17.el7_1.1
  • cups RHEL 7 1:1.6.3-17.ael7b_1.1
  • cups-lpd RHEL 6 1:1.4.2-67.el6_6.1
  • cups-lpd RHEL 7 1:1.6.3-17.el7_1.1
  • cups-lpd RHEL 7 1:1.6.3-17.ael7b_1.1
  • cups-php RHEL 6 1:1.4.2-67.el6_6.1
  • cups-libs RHEL 6 1:1.4.2-67.el6_6.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1123

  • cups154 SLE Module for Legacy 12 1.5.4-5.1
  • cups SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 1.7.5-5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0465-1

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-2014-9679 updated cvss 4.8

cups: cupsRasterReadPixels buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 cups
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) cups 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-lpd 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-libs 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-client 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-filesystem 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) cups-ipptool 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) cups 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-lpd 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-libs 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-client 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-filesystem 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) cups-ipptool 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) cups 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1, cups-lpd 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1, cups-libs 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) cups-php 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1
    +10 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) cups 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1, cups-lpd 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1, cups-libs 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) cups-php 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) cups 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1, cups-lpd 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1, cups-libs 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) cups 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups 1.6.3-17.ael7b_1.1, cups-lpd 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-libs 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-lpd 1.6.3-17.ael7b_1.1, cups-client 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) cups-php 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) cups-ipptool 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-ipptool 1.6.3-17.ael7b_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) cups 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1, cups-lpd 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1, cups-libs 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) cups 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-lpd 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-libs 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-client 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-filesystem 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) cups-php 1.4.2-67.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) cups-ipptool 1.6.3-17.el7_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1123

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Exploit prediction

4.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% 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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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