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CVE-2014-8166

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8166 describes a vulnerability in the CUPS server's browsing feature, where it fails to filter ANSI escape sequences from shared printer names, affecting CUPS products. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cups:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0370 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: cups

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-8166Low

cups: code execution via unescape ANSI escape sequences

Mar 24, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/15
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/73300
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry