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-*…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• PyPIpipGHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4 (opens in a new tab)

References (6)

• [oss-security] 20141117 Requesting a CVE for pip - Local DoS with predictable temp directory names (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 71209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20141120 Re: Requesting a CVE for pip - Local DoS with predictable temp directory names (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2014-8991](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2014-8991.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2014-8991)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 13:33 UTC.