{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2856","details":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scheduler/client.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL path, related to the is_path_absolute function.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:38:43.128526Z","published":"2014-04-18T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2172-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-2856"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2856"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2172-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2856"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cups","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cups@1.7.2-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1"}]}],"versions":["1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5","1.7.0-0ubuntu2","1.7.0-0ubuntu3","1.7.0-1","1.7.0-2","1.7.1-1","1.7.1-2","1.7.1-2git1","1.7.1-3","1.7.1-4","1.7.1-4ubuntu1","1.7.1-5ubuntu1","1.7.1-5ubuntu3","1.7.1-5ubuntu4","1.7.1-5ubuntu5","1.7.1-5ubuntu6","1.7.1-5ubuntu7","1.7.1-5ubuntu8","1.7.1-5ubuntu9","1.7.1-5ubuntu10"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"cups"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"cups-bsd"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"cups-client"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"cups-common"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"cups-core-drivers"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"cups-daemon"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"cups-ppdc"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"cups-server-common"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"libcups2"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"libcupscgi1"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"libcupsimage2"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"libcupsmime1"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"libcupsppdc1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2856.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}