CVE-2014-0466
The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows context-dependent attackers to delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands via a crafted PostScript file.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows context-dependent attackers to delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands via a crafted PostScript file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.33% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/a2ps
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66660
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742902
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-67
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66660
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742902
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-67
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.