VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-9513

critical
Published 2017-08-28 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Insecure use of temporary files in xbindkeys-config 0.1.3-2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
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-2014-9513

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyeaffected

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
debianxbindkeys-config0.1.3-2

References

CWEs

CWE-284

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