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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple CUPS. This affects an unknown part of the component ANSI Escape Sequence Handler. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8166. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple CUPS (Printing Software) (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ANSI Escape Sequence Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The browsing feature in the server in CUPS does not filter ANSI escape sequences from shared printer names, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted printer name.

The weakness was released 03/23/2015 by Kurt Seifried as Bug 1084577 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-8166 since 10/10/2014. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 218574 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-8166), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (101838), Tenable (218574) and SecurityFocus (BID 73300†). Additional details are provided at seclists.org. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Printing Software

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• CUPS

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 218574
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-8166

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/10/2014 🔍
03/23/2015 +164 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +1 days 🔍
03/30/2015 +6 days 🔍
01/12/2018 +1019 days 🔍
03/04/2025 +2608 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: Bug 1084577
Researcher: Kurt Seifried
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-8166 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8166
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74131
X-Force: 101838
SecurityFocus: 73300 - CUPS CVE-2014-8166 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2015 11:22
Updated: 03/04/2025 12:35
Changes: 03/30/2015 11:22 (46), 04/15/2018 09:34 (10), 04/16/2022 09:12 (13), 03/04/2025 12:35 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:128:103

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