CVE-2014-4336

MEDIUM 5.8CVE-2014-4336 · Published 22/06/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-4336 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability affecting cups-filters (linuxfoundation).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 64.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cups-filters linuxfoundation	`≤ 1.0.52`	No fix yet

Description

The generate_local_queue function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-browsed in cups-filters before 1.0.53 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the host name. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707.

References

bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7194 · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/25/7 · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/12 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

cups-filters

linuxfoundation

≤ 1.0.52

No fix yet

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