CVE-2014-9471
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 7.1%EU EUVD
The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 7.1% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-9290)
- Published
- January 16, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-9290 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
- gnu / coreutils
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62226(Third Party Advisory)
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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