Is CVE-2014-9679 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-9679 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-9679?

CVE-2014-9679 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-9679

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.6%EU EUVD

Integer underflow in the cupsRasterReadPixels function in filter/raster.c in CUPS before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a malformed compressed raster file, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 4.6% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-9489)
Published: February 19, 2015
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-9489 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / cups
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0067.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150171.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150177.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00098.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1123.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3172(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:049(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/15(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/12/12(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72594(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031776(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2520-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-06(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4551(Vendor Advisory)

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

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