CVE-2014-7187: gnu bash

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-7187DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7187

Published 28-09-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-7187 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in gnu bash. EPSS estimates a 58.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk

90/100

0100

Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

10.0/10

010

High · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

58.46%

0%100%

Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog

RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded

Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 2

DLA-63-1 DSA-3035-1 MGASA-2014-0394 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10106-1 RHSA-2014:1306 RHSA-2014:1311+4 more

Timeline

28-09-2014
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
06-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Off-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via deeply nested for loops, aka the "word_lineno" issue.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.010.0

EPSS trend

Probability

58.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 58.46% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026

EPSS score

58.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found

referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (openwall.com)
Maturity: unknown
exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified
dhclient 4.1 - Bash Environment Variable Command Injection (Shellshock)
Maturity: weaponized
exploit-databaseremotelinuxUnverified
GNU bash 4.3.11 - Environment Variable dhclient
Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected systems

Debian1 product

bash< 4.3-9.2

Gnu1 product

bash1.14.0 | 1.14.1 | 1.14.2 | 1.14.3 | 1.14.4 | 1.14.5 | 1.14.6 | 1.14.7 | 2.0 | 2.01 | 2.01.1 | 2.02 | 2.02.1 | 2.03 | 2.04 | 2.05 | 2.05:a | 2.05:b | 3.0 | 3.0.16 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2.48 | 4.0 | 4.0:rc1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3

Ubuntu1 product

bash< 4.3-7ubuntu1.4

3 vendors · 3 products

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