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CVE-2014-6277

CVE-2014-6277 PUBLISHED

GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 does not properly parse function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access, and untrusted-pointer read and write operations) via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169.

EPSS 86.75% · 99.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
86.75%
99.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSbash0, 4.3-1ubuntu2, 4.3-2ubuntu1

Timeline

  • Sep 25, 2014 CVE Published
  • Sep 25, 2014 PoC Published
  • Sep 27, 2014 PoC Published
  • Oct 14, 2014 PoC Published
  • Oct 28, 2014 PoC Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 21, 2025 EPSS Score
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