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DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7817

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7817 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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 "$((`...`))".

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:14glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:12glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:13glibc0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Nov 24, 2014 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

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