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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-7187

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…

HIGH 10.0EPSS 58.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 58.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
58.46% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
gnu/bash
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.