Git before 2.10.5, 2.11.x before 2.11.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.5, 2.13.x before 2.13.6, and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 uses unsafe Perl scripts to…

Description

Git before 2.10.5, 2.11.x before 2.11.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.5, 2.13.x before 2.13.6, and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 uses unsafe Perl scripts to support subcommands such as cvsserver, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a module name. The vulnerable code is reachable via git-shell even without CVS support.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

36.0% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-78 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-78 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/26/9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugs.debian.org/876854 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00246.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqy3p29ekj.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/T/#u (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1039431 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 101060 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• DSA-3984 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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 Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2017-14867](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2017-14867.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2017-14867)

Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 19:42 UTC.