Improper input validation in Mercurial
CVE-2014-9462
The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19 (vendor-advisory)
- chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command… (Exploit)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/119816 (vdb-entry)
- mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257 (vendor-advisory)