CVE-2014-9471
N/A
Published: January 16, 2015 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxCoreutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
Description
The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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