CVE-2014-7187

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Bash
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 September 2014

Summary

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.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128517/VMware-Securi...
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http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004897
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http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685749
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EPSS Score

97% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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