CVE-2014-3741
Potential Command Injection in printer
The printDirect function in lib/printer.js in the node-printer module 0.0.1 and earlier for Node.js allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified characters in the lpr command.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The printDirect function in lib/printer.js in the node-printer module 0.0.1 and earlier for Node.js allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified characters in the lpr command.
- Record
CVE-2014-3741- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The printDirect function in lib/printer.js in the node-printer module 0.0.1 and earlier for Node.js allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified characters in the lpr command.
- Record
CVE-2014-3741- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0341 No score
The printDirect function in lib/printer.js in the node-printer module 0.0.1 and earlier for Node.js allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified characters in the lpr command.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0341- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5c8j-xr24-2665
Potential Command Injection in printer
Versions 0.0.1 and earlier of printer are affected by a command injection vulnerability resulting from a failure to sanitize command arguments properly in the printDirect() function.
Recommendation
Update to version 0.0.2 or later.
- Record
GHSA-5c8j-xr24-2665- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-5c8j-xr24-2665
Potential Command Injection in printer
Versions 0.0.1 and earlier of printer are affected by a command injection vulnerability resulting from a failure to sanitize command arguments properly in the printDirect() function.
Recommendation
Update to version 0.0.2 or later.
- Record
GHSA-5c8j-xr24-2665- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-3741
The printDirect function in lib/printer.js in the node-printer module 0.0.1 and earlier for Node.js allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified characters in the lpr command.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3741- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-3741 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Node-printer Project Node-printer, published October 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.76%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in printer 0.0.2.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/15/2
nodesecurity.io/advisories/printer_potential_command_injection
github.com/tojocky/node-printer/commit/e001e38738c17219a1d9dd8c31f7d82b9c0013c7
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3741