RCE in Gparted

CVE-2014-7208

GParted before 0.15.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in a crafted filesystem label.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2014-12-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gparted

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/77 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html (Third Party Advisory)