UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7817

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2014-7817
Downstream
USN-2432-1
Published: 24 Nov 2014, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 09:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Nov 2014, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 09:49
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 "$((`...`))".

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•eglibc

    < 2.19-0ubuntu6.4

References (4)