CVE-2014-0479
reportbug before 6.4.4+deb7u1 and 6.5.x before 6.5.0+nmu1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors related to compare_versions and reportbug/checkversions.py.
02 Description
reportbug before 6.4.4+deb7u1 and 6.5.x before 6.5.0+nmu1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors related to compare_versions and reportbug/checkversions.py.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-08-06 19:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-12-19
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a870b952fd9993cc37fdc22a27d0163c3427fa8cf4a74e8bef30095052d04e16
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com59896http://secunia.com/advisories/59896
- www.debian.orgDSA-2997http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2997
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comreportbug-cve20140479-code-exec(95149)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95149
- www.securityfocus.com69055http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69055
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reportbug/+bug/1353046
- www.osvdb.org109858http://www.osvdb.org/109858
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- reportbug Fixed in 6.5.0+nmu1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- reportbug Fixed in 6.5.0+nmu1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- reportbug Fixed in 6.5.0+nmu1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- reportbug Fixed in 6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.