CVE-2014-7187
Off-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...
- Published
- Sep 28, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Sep 29, 2014
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Off-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via deeply nested for loops, aka the "word_lineno" issue.
Sources
3Collection of Proof of Concepts and Potential Targets for #ShellShocker
@0x00string · linux · Oct 2, 2014
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