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CVE-2014-7169: GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) · in CISA KEV since 2022-01-28
2022-01-28added to KEV
2022-07-28federal remediation due date
99.94%EPSS exploit probability (30 days) 100.0th percentile
9.8 CRITICALCVSS 3.1
Unknownknown ransomware use
2,682days from NVD publication to KEV
What it is
GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code. This CVE correctly remediates the vulnerability in CVE-2014-6271.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
| CWE | CWE-78 |
|---|---|
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD published | 2014-09-25 (Analyzed) |
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