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CVE-2014-7817
The wordexp function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.21 does not enforce the WRDE_NOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.58%
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- redhat
Description
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 "$((`...`))".
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.58% · top 52% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (17)
- [oss-security] 20141120 CVE-2014-7817 glibc: command execution in wordexp() with WRDE_NOCMD specified (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2432-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [libc-alpha] 20141119 [COMMITTED] CVE-2014-7817: wordexp fails to honour WRDE_NOCMD. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:2023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a39208bd7fb76c1b01c127b4c61f9bfd915bfe7c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0351 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201602-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 71216 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62100 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- gnu-glibc-cve20147817-command-exec(98852) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 62146 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17625 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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