DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9471

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9471 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

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

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	coreutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	coreutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	coreutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	coreutils	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Jan 16, 2015 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9471 advisory

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