VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-0485

high
Published 2014-09-02 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

S3QL 1.18.1 and earlier uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object in (1) common.py or (2) local.py in backends/.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianforkyfixed2.10.1+dfsg-4
debian debiansidfixed2.10.1+dfsg-4
debian debiantrixiefixed2.10.1+dfsg-4

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
s3ql_projects3ql{"endIncluding":"1.18.1"}
s3ql_projects3ql1.17
s3ql_projects3ql1.18

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.