6.8

CVE-2014-0479: canonical reportbug Code Injection

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-0479DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0479DLA-31-1
Published 06-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0479 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Code Injection vulnerability in canonical reportbug. EPSS estimates a 2.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.73%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

reportbug before 6.4.4+deb7u1 and 6.5.x before 6.5.0+nmu1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors related to compare_versions and reportbug/checkversions.py.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.73% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • reportbug< 6.5.0+nmu1 | < 4.12.6+deb6u1 | < 6.4.4+deb7u1
  • reportbug≤ 6.4.4
Canonical1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • reportbug< 6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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