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CVE-2014-5031: apple cups

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-5031DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5031
Published 29-07-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-5031 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in apple cups. EPSS estimates a 2.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.91%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 2
DLA-0022-1DSA-2990-1MGASA-2014-0313OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10075-1RHBA-2015:0386RHSA-2014:1388

Timeline

  1. 29-07-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The web interface in CUPS before 2.0 does not check that files have world-readable permissions, which allows remote attackers to obtains sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.91%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.91% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.91%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apple1 product
  • cups≤ 1.7.4 | 1.7:rc1 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1:b1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.3
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • cups< 1.7.4-2
Ubuntu1 product
  • cups< 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2

4 vendors · 4 products

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