Is CVE-2014-8583 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-8583 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-8583?

CVE-2014-8583 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-8583?

CVE-2014-8583 has an EPSS score of 0.40% (32th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8583?

Upgrade mod-wsgi on debian 11 to 4.2.7-1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-8583

MEDIUM

6.9

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

mod_wsgi before 4.2.4 for Apache, when creating a daemon process group, does not properly handle when group privileges cannot be dropped, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

CWE-254

How to fix

Remediation Available

mod-wsgiDebian

Fixed in:4.2.7-1CVE-2014-8583

libapache2-mod-wsgiUbuntu

Fixed in:3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2USN-2431-1

libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2USN-2431-1

mod-wsgiUbuntu

Fixed in:3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2USN-2431-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

32ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

modwsgi.readthedocs.org

Other references9

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-254 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2016-0161	Medium	6.5	69%	-	-
CVE-2016-2296	Critical	9.4	64%	-	-
CVE-2015-1793	Medium	6.5	62%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-2118	High	7.5	37%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-3238	High	8.1	35%	-	-
CVE-2016-3198	Medium	6.5	32%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.