What is CVE-2014-2914?

CVE-2014-2914 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fishshell Fish, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2014-2914?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Fishshell Fish

CVE-2014-2914

fish (aka fish-shell) 2.0.0 before 2.1.1 does not restrict access to the configuration service (aka fish_config), which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by set_prompt.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2020-01-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fishshell Fish

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1438 (Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/4 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-2914?: CVE-2014-2914 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fishshell Fish, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2014-2914?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.