CVE-2014-7209
run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.
02 Description
run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.
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
- 2.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.1% 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 2026-10-14.
- 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
- 2015-01-06 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 06:25Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-09-27
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 9a39b3bb61c144d8ec37374a34ce2ad734e08a103e85902fc3da71b74034b650
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com71797http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71797
- secunia.com61892http://secunia.com/advisories/61892
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commimesuuport-cve20147209-command-exec(99570)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99570
- secunia.com62079http://secunia.com/advisories/62079
- www.debian.orgDSA-3114http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3114
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141231 Command Injection in mime-support/run-mailcap (CVE-2014-7209)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/31/8
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mime-support Fixed in 3.58
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- mime-support Fixed in 3.54ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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