Vulnerability in GNU Coreutils
CVE-2014-9471
The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.
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: 0.071 (94.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.071 · newest: 0.071 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Coreutils
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62226 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9471?
- CVE-2014-9471 is a vulnerability in GNU Coreutils. Published 2015-01-16.
- Is CVE-2014-9471 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.