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CVE-2014-8166

Date: January 12, 2018

The browsing feature in the server in CUPS does not filter ANSI escape sequences from shared printer names, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted printer name.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084577

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73300

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/2

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8166

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8166

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/15

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8166

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-8166

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.1
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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