CVE-2014-7169

unknown KEV

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

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

1.5

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. This CVE correctly remediates the vulnerability in CVE-2014-6271.

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-2014-7169

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7169

Exploits

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.3-9.2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.3-9.2`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.3-9.2`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.3-9.2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.3-9.2`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7169
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7169

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