CVE-2014-6271

unknown KEV

Published 2022-01-28 · Modified 2022-01-28

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

2.5

Description

GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code.

CISA KEV

Vendor: GNU
Product: Bourne-Again Shell (Bash)
Due date: 2022-07-28

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6271

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6271

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6271.html

Exploits

Exploit-DB

EDB-36609 · webapps · multiple
EDB-37816 · webapps · multiple
EDB-35146 · webapps · php

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.3-9.1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.3-9.1`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.3-9.1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.3-9.1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.3-9.1`

References

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