CVE-2014-7817
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
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 "$((`...`))".
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (48th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-7685)
- Published
- November 24, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-7685 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- gnu / glibc
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2023.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/730
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62146
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71216
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98852
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17625
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a39208bd7fb76c1b01c127b4c61f9bfd915bfe7c
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-11/msg00519.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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