CVE-2014-7817
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CVE-2014-7817
The wordexp function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.21 does not enforce the WRDE_NOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by input containing "$((`...`))".
Exploit probability
0.6%
Published
November 24, 2014
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2014-7817
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The wordexp function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.21 does not enforce the WRDE_NOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by input containing "$((`...`))".
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2023.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/730
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62146
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71216
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98852
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17625
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a39208bd7fb76c1b01c127b4c61f9bfd915bfe7c
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-11/msg00519.html