CVE-2014-0466

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows context-dependent attackers to delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands via a crafted PostScript file.

Affected products

GNU A2Ps: 4.14

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00021.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66660
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742902
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-67
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00021.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66660
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742902
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-67

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