CVE-2014-6277

critical
Published 2014-09-27 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 does not properly parse function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access, and untrusted-pointer read and write operations) via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6277

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2014/09/bash-bug-apply-unofficial-patch-now.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.3.027-1
debian debianbookwormfixed4.3-9.2
debian debianbullseyefixed4.3-9.2
debian debianforkyfixed4.3-9.2
debian debiansidfixed4.3-9.2
debian debiantrixiefixed4.3-9.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnubash1.14.0
gnubash1.14.1
gnubash1.14.2
gnubash1.14.3
gnubash1.14.4
gnubash1.14.5
gnubash1.14.6
gnubash1.14.7
gnubash2.0
gnubash2.01
gnubash2.01.1
gnubash2.02
gnubash2.02.1
gnubash2.03
gnubash2.04
gnubash2.05
gnubash3.0
gnubash3.0.16
gnubash3.1
gnubash3.2
gnubash3.2.48
gnubash4.0
gnubash4.1
gnubash4.2
gnubash4.3

References

CWEs

CWE-78

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