CVE-2014-7844
BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address.
02 Description
BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address.
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
- 1.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2020-01-14 16:13Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-03
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a138067ef71f7c86c03be2d4d78f804b6f5b33cbaf59037e7c2acb869eb066d4
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066
- linux.oracle.comhttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html
- www.debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3104
- www.debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105
- rhn.redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- bsd-mailx Fixed in 8.1.2-0.20141216cvs-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bsd-mailx Fixed in 8.1.2-0.20141216cvs-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bsd-mailx Fixed in 8.1.2-0.20141216cvs-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- bsd-mailx Fixed in 8.1.2-0.20131005cvs-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
- heirloom-mailx Fixed in 12.5-2+deb7u1build0.14.04.1
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.