3.3

CVE-2014-2524: fedoraproject fedora Link Following

CVSS: 3.3v2.0LowModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0319UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2524openSUSE-SU-2024:10111-1
Published 20-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-2524 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Link Following vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
13/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10106-1

Timeline

  1. 20-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.42% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

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

Mageia3 products
  • readline< 6.2-7.1.mga3
  • readline< 6.2-9.1.mga4
  • mageiaEOL3.0 | 4.0
Opensuse2 products
  • opensuseEOL12.3 | 13.1
  • crash&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 7.1.5_k4.8.13_1-3.51
Fedoraproject1 product
Gnu1 product
  • readline≤ 6.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2:a | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • readline6All versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 8 products

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