CVE-2014-9390

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Score

Published: February 12, 2020 at 01:58 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM UTC

7 products affected across 5 vendorsXcodeGitMercurial· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

CRITICAL9.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 76%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Xcode · Apple

95%

v ≤ 6.1.16.2 6.2 beta_2

Egit · Eclipse

95%

v < 08-12-2014

Affected range stops below 08-12-2014, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Jgit · Eclipse

95%

v < 3.4.23.5.0 ≤ v < 3.5.3

Affected range stops below 3.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.5.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Git · Git Scm

95%

v < 1.8.5.61.9.0 ≤ v < 1.9.52.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.52.1.0 ≤ v < 2.1.42.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.1

Affected range stops below 1.8.5.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.9.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

LIBGIT2 · LIBGIT2

95%

v < 0.21.3

Affected range stops below 0.21.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Mercurial · Mercurial

95%

v < 3.2.3

Affected range stops below 3.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

macOS · Appledevice

80%

All versions

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Windows · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

x_refsource_MISCBroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://git-blame.blogspot.com/2014/12/git-1856-195-205-214-and-221-and.html

x_refsource_MISCx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew

x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1031404

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204147

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/blog/1938-git-client-vulnerability-announced

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/928429c5c96a701bcbcafacb2421a82602b36915

x_refsource_MISCProduct

Source: [email protected]

https://libgit2.org/security/

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20

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