CVE-2014-7817

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 24 Nov 2014, 15:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 13:03

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
18/100
CVSS Score
4.6 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.16% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Nov 2014, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 13:03
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The wordexp function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.21 does not enforce the WRDE_NOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by input containing "$((`...`))".

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.16%• Percentile: 36%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    10.04 | 12.04 | 14.04 | 14.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0

  • gnu•glibc

    2.21

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1 | 13.2

References (17)