{"id":"CVE-2014-1927","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-1927","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:56:44.688Z","title":"The shell_quote function in python-gnupg 0.3.5 does not properly quote strings, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in unspecified vectors, as demonstrated using \"$(\" command-substitution…","description":"The shell_quote function in python-gnupg 0.3.5 does not properly quote strings, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in unspecified vectors, as demonstrated using \"$(\" command-substitution sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1928.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7323.","published":"2014-10-25T21:55:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:05:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["python-gnupg project/python-gnupg"],"epss":{"score":0.03417,"percentile":0.88809,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/245","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/294","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/56616","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59031","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2946","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/p/python-gnupg/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/p/python-gnupg/issues/detail?id=98","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/245","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/294","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/56616","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59031","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2946","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/p/python-gnupg/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/p/python-gnupg/issues/detail?id=98","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1927","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}