VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-7817

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.58%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-11-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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 "$((`...`))".

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references