CVE-2014-9462
The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.
02 Description
The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.
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
- 4.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.5% 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
- 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
- 2015-03-31 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0927ebc63e5aff2442418a135e304b0ef30baef0b3ab63d1b0a1599c290f9acf
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-19https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
- chargen.matasano.comhttp://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0617http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
- www.osvdb.org119816http://www.osvdb.org/119816
- mercurial.selenic.comhttp://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew
- www.debian.orgDSA-3257http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mercurial Fixed in 3.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mercurial Fixed in 3.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mercurial Fixed in 3.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- mercurial Fixed in 2.8.2-1ubuntu1.3
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.