CVE-2014-8991

lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.39% (33rd) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

9 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.8–6.2

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v2.01.8lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-426USLLM-inferred

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell ECS 3.8.1.0-3.8.1.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:dell:ecs:3.8.1.0_-_3.8.1.7
Dell Secure Connect Gateway <5.34.00.16all versionscert_bundDE
Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager <5.34.00.14all versionscert_bundDE
Dell Secure Connect Gateway≤ Policy Manager <5.34.00.14cert_bundDE
Dell Secure Connect Gateway< 5.34.00.16cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
oracle solaris= 11.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pypa pip1.3 → 1.5.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI pip1.3 → 6.0osvUSpkg:pypi/pip

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-0778Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-03-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4pip lack of randomness in build directory2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2014-112014-11-24vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-11-24modified 2026-06-17

references (20)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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