UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7209

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7209

    Published: 6 Jan 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-7209
    Aliases:
    USN-2453-1

    Summary:

    Details: run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7209, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2453-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7209

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mime-support

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.54ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    3.54ubuntu1

    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