CVE-2014-9390
Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial…
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Description
Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3; mine all versions before 08-12-2014; libgit2 all versions up to 0.21.2; Egit all versions before 08-12-2014; and JGit all versions before 08-12-2014 allow remote Git servers to execute arbitrary commands via a tree containing a crafted .git/config file with (1) an ignorable Unicode codepoint, (2) a git~1/config representation, or (3) mixed case that is improperly handled on a case-insensitive filesystem.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 75.6% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgitGHSA-6vvc-c2m3-cjf3 (opens in a new tab)
- PyPImercurialGHSA-6vvc-c2m3-cjf3 (opens in a new tab)
References (9)
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8769667 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git-blame.blogspot.com/2014/12/git-1856-195-205-214-and-221-and.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204147 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/blog/1938-git-client-vulnerability-announced (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1031404 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/928429c5c96a701bcbcafacb2421a82602b36915 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://libgit2.org/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- 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)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6vvc-c2m3-cjf3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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