Vulnerability in Zsh Project

CVE-2014-10070

zsh before 5.0.7 allows evaluation of the initial values of integer variables imported from the environment (instead of treating them as literal numbers). That could allow local privilege escalation, under some specific and atypical conditions where zsh is being invoked in privilege-elevation contexts when the environment has not been properly sanitized, such as when zsh is invoked by sudo on systems where "env_reset" has been disabled.

EPSS: 0.005 (39.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-10070?
CVE-2014-10070 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zsh Project, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2014-10070?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.