UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7817

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7817

    Published: 24 Nov 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-7817
    Aliases:
    USN-2432-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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 "$((`...`))".

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7817, https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-11/msg00519.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2432-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7817

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: eglibc

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.19-0ubuntu6.4

    Affected versions

    2.17-93ubuntu4

    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