PT-2018-4295 · Apple+1 · Cups+1

Published 2018-01-12 · Updated 2025-08-19 · CVE-2014-8166

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CUPS (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the browsing feature in the CUPS server, which fails to filter ANSI escape sequences from shared printer names. This could potentially allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted printer name.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8166

ECHO-338E-E578-CEFD

Affected Products

Cups

Debian

References · 9

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2014-8166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8166 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084577 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8166 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/73300 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/2 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/15 · Note