7.5

CVE-2014-9462: mercurial Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2015-0129SUSE-SU-2015:0836-1GHSA-3pmw-h7j4-rf54
Published 31-03-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-9462 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in mercurial. EPSS estimates a 4.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-237-1

Timeline

  1. 31-03-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (chargen.matasano.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mercurial< 3.4-1 | < 2.2.2-4+deb7u1 | < 3.1.2-2+deb8u1
Mageia1 product
  • mercurial< 2.7.2-3.1.mga4
Mercurial1 product
Opensuse1 product
PyPI1 product
  • mercurial< 3.2.4
Suse1 product
  • mercurial&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12< 2.8.2-3.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • mercurial< 2.8.2-1ubuntu1.3

7 vendors · 7 products

References

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