CVE-2014-4336

medium

Published 2014-06-22 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.0.53-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.0.53-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.0.53-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.0.53-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.0.53-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
linuxfoundation	cups-filters	`{"endIncluding":"1.0.52"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-77

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.