CVE-2014-9390: apple xcode Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-9390 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in apple xcode. EPSS estimates a 75.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1Timeline
- 12-02-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3; mine all versions before 08-12-2014; libgit2 all versions up to 0.21.2; Egit all versions before 08-12-2014; and JGit all versions before 08-12-2014 allow remote Git servers to execute arbitrary commands via a tree containing a crafted .git/config file with (1) an ignorable Unicode codepoint, (2) a git~1/config representation, or (3) mixed case that is improperly handled on a case-insensitive filesystem.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated9.3CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
75.60%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
100%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 75.60% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundMalicious Git and Mercurial HTTP Server For CVE-2014-9390
exploit/multi/http/git_client_command_exec
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian5 products
- dulwich< 0.10.1-1
- git< 1:2.1.4-1
- jgit< 3.7.0-1
- libgit2< 0.21.3-1
- mercurial< 3.1.2-2
Mageia3 products
- cgit< 0.11.2-1.mga4
- git< 1.8.5.6-1.mga4
- cgit< 0.11.2-1.mga5
Ubuntu3 products
- git< 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1
- libgit2All versions (No fix recorded)
- mercurial< 2.8.2-1ubuntu1.3
Apple1 product
- xcode≤ 6.1.1 | 6.2 | 6.2:beta_2
Git-scm1 product
- git< 1.8.5.6 | ≥ 1.9.0, < 1.9.5 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.5 | ≥ 2.1.0, < 2.1.4 | ≥ 2.2.0, < 2.2.1
Libgit21 product
- libgit2< 0.21.3
Mercurial1 product
- mercurial< 3.2.3
Org.eclipse.jgit1 product
- org.eclipse.jgit< 3.5.3
PyPI1 product
- mercurial< 3.2.3
10 vendors · 19 products
References
28 links- git-blame.blogspot.com/2014/12/git-1856-195-205-214-and-221-and.htmlX Refsource MISCThird Party AdvisoryWEBARTICLE
- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/928429c5c96a701bcbcafacb2421a82602b36915X Refsource MISCThird Party AdvisoryWEBFIX