CVE-2014-8166

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 89.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-01-12 17:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 13:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-10-10

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a72f30e01f4fc0f64e783bde1ca3cd431cf1b33384c7269d54b4f5b3a40f341d

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084577x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com73300http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73300vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150324 Re: CVE-2014-8166 cups: code execution via unescape ANSI escape sequenceshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/15mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150323 CVE-2014-8166 cups: code execution via unescape ANSI escape sequenceshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST