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Vulnerability details: VCID-aw56-2fxb-nye4
Vulnerability ID VCID-aw56-2fxb-nye4
Aliases CVE-2014-8991
GHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4
PYSEC-2014-11
Summary pip 1.3 through 1.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of package installation) by creating a /tmp/pip-build-* file for another user.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-377 Insecure Temporary File
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00072 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8991
cvssv3.1 6.2 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847
cvssv4 5.5 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4
cvssv3.1 6.2 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2014-11.yaml
cvssv4 5.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2014-11.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2014-11.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.2 https://github.com/pypa/pip
cvssv4 5.5 https://github.com/pypa/pip
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/pip
cvssv3.1 6.2 https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/043fe9f5700315d97f83609c1f59deece8f1b901
cvssv4 5.5 https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/043fe9f5700315d97f83609c1f59deece8f1b901
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/043fe9f5700315d97f83609c1f59deece8f1b901
cvssv3.1 6.2 https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122
cvssv4 5.5 https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122
cvssv3.1 6.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8991
cvssv4 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8991
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8991
cvssv3.1 6.2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17
cvssv4 5.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17
cvssv3.1 6.2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6
cvssv4 5.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6
cvssv3.1 6.2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
cvssv4 5.5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-8991.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8991
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8991
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2014-11.yaml
https://github.com/pypa/pip
https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/043fe9f5700315d97f83609c1f59deece8f1b901
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8991
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209
1166137 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166137
GHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Found at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2014-11.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2014-11.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/043fe9f5700315d97f83609c1f59deece8f1b901
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/043fe9f5700315d97f83609c1f59deece8f1b901
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8991
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8991
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.22128
EPSS Score 0.00072
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:31:32.995116+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2014-11.yaml 38.6.0