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CVE-2014-0466

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CVE-2014-0466 describes a vulnerability in the fixps script within GNU a2ps 4.14, where the lack of the -dSAFER option during gs execution allows attackers to delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands via a crafted PostScript file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0234 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: a2ps
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: a2ps

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-0466Moderate

a2ps: fixps does not invoke gs with -dSAFER

Mar 28, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00021.html
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-67
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2892
securityfocus.com / bid/66660