CVE-2014-4336
cups-filters: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · April 23, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
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.
Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of cups-filters as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.8AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE not specified