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CVE-2014-7187

Published: Sep 28, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
10.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
58.5%
Top 1.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Off-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via deeply nested for loops, aka the "word_lineno" issue.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

bashgnuOSS Libraries
GNU BashСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
gnuoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka g. nu
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55667175/index.html
jvn.jp
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000126
jvndb.jvn.jp
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
lists.apple.com
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Timeline

Published
Sep 28, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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