CVE-2014-7187

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    CVE-2014-7187

    Published: 28 Sept 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via deeply nested for loops, aka the "word_lineno" issue.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1311.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1312.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1354.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/58200, http://secunia.com/advisories/59907, http://secunia.com/advisories/60024, http://secunia.com/advisories/60034, http://secunia.com/advisories/60044, http://secunia.com/advisories/60055, http://secunia.com/advisories/60063, http://secunia.com/advisories/60193, http://secunia.com/advisories/60433, http://secunia.com/advisories/61065, http://secunia.com/advisories/61128, http://secunia.com/advisories/61129, http://secunia.com/advisories/61188, http://secunia.com/advisories/61283, http://secunia.com/advisories/61287, http://secunia.com/advisories/61291, http://secunia.com/advisories/61312, http://secunia.com/advisories/61313, http://secunia.com/advisories/61328, http://secunia.com/advisories/61442, http://secunia.com/advisories/61479, http://secunia.com/advisories/61485, http://secunia.com/advisories/61503, http://secunia.com/advisories/61550, http://secunia.com/advisories/61552, http://secunia.com/advisories/61565, http://secunia.com/advisories/61603, http://secunia.com/advisories/61618, http://secunia.com/advisories/61622, http://secunia.com/advisories/61633, http://secunia.com/advisories/61636, http://secunia.com/advisories/61641, http://secunia.com/advisories/61643, http://secunia.com/advisories/61654, http://secunia.com/advisories/61703, http://secunia.com/advisories/61816, http://secunia.com/advisories/61855, http://secunia.com/advisories/61857, http://secunia.com/advisories/61873, http://secunia.com/advisories/62312, http://secunia.com/advisories/62343, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:164, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2364-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0010.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/32, http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55667175/index.html, http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000126, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00038.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00041.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00042.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00044.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00048.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00023.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00025.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141330468527613&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141345648114150&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383026420882&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383081521087&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383138121313&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383196021590&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383244821813&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383304022067&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141450491804793&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576728022234&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577137423233&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577241923505&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577297623641&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141585637922673&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141694386919794&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141879528318582&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142118135300698&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142289270617409&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142358026505815&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142358078406056&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142721162228379&w=2, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/26/2, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/28/10, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128517/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0010.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128567/CA-Technologies-GNU-Bash-Shellshock.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/0, http://support.apple.com/HT204244, http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7187.html, http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140926-bash, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021272, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021279, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021361, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004879, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004897, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004898, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004915, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685733, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685749, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685914, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686084, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686131, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686246, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686445, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686447, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686479, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686494, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687079, http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5096315, http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015721, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bashcve-2014-7169-2317675.html, http://www.qnap.com/i/en/support/con_show.php?cid=61, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533593/100/0/threaded, https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA82, https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10648, https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10085, https://support.apple.com/HT205267, https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200217, https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200223, https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/600/sol15629.html, https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c04497075, https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c04518183, https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk102673&src=securityAlerts, https://www.suse.com/support/shellshock/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High