What is CVE-2014-8741?

CVE-2014-8741 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lexmark Markvision Enterprise, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2014-8741?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-8741 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Lexmark Markvision Enterprise

CVE-2014-8741

Directory traversal vulnerability in the GfdFileUploadServerlet servlet in Lexmark MarkVision Enterprise before 2.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2020-01-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.772 (99.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.772 · newest: 0.772 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Lexmark Markvision Enterprise

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

support.lexmark.com/index (Vendor Advisory)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-410/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8741?: CVE-2014-8741 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lexmark Markvision Enterprise, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2014-8741?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-8741 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.