USN-2453-1

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    USN-2453-1

    Published: 7 Jan 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: mime-support vulnerability

    Details: Timothy D. Morgan discovered that the run-mailcap tool incorrectly filtered certain shell metacharacters in filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a file with a specially-crafted filename, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2453-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/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