What is CVE-2014-1938?

CVE-2014-1938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rply Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2014-1938?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Rply Project

CVE-2014-1938

python-rply before 0.7.4 insecurely creates temporary files.

Published 2019-11-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rply Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/11/1 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1938 (Third Party Advisory)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-1938?: CVE-2014-1938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rply Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2014-1938?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.