CVE-2014-7817
N/A
Published: November 24, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxopenSUSE
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (17)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2023.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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