Is CVE-2014-4338 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-4338 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-4338?

CVE-2014-4338 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-4338

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD

cups-browsed in cups-filters before 1.0.53 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a malformed cups-browsed.conf BrowseAllow directive that is interpreted as granting browse access to all IP addresses.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 3.0% (87th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-4265)
Published: June 22, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4265 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linuxfoundation / cups-filters

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/25/7(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/12(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1795.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62044(Permissions Required)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68124(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1204(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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