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CVE-2014-9471 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 8.47% · 92.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

8.47%

92.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	coreutils	0, 8.20-3ubuntu5, 8.21-1ubuntu3

Timeline

Dec 31, 2014 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9471 third-party-advisory
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872 third-party-advisory
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?msg=11;filename=date-tz-crash.patch;att=1;bug=16872 third-party-advisory
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?msg=19;filename=coreutils-date-crash.patch;att=1;bug=16872 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2473-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9471 third-party-advisory

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