CVE-2014-4336

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-06-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

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.

Affected products

Linuxfoundation Cups-Filters: through 1.0.52

References

http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7194
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/25/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/12
http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7194
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/25/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/12

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