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CVE-2014-6277

CVSS Score Not Available
87.95%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)

GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 does not properly parse function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access, and untrusted-pointer read and write operations) via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169.

Published: 9/27/2014
Modified: 4/12/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

87.95%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 87.95% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.