{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7817","details":"The wordexp function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.21 does not enforce the WRDE_NOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by input containing \"$((`...`))\".","modified":"2026-02-04T03:43:40.310102Z","published":"2014-11-24T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2432-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-7817"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7817"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-11/msg00519.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2432-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7817"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"eglibc","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4"}]}],"versions":["2.17-93ubuntu4","2.18-0ubuntu1","2.18-0ubuntu2","2.18-0ubuntu4","2.18-0ubuntu5","2.18-0ubuntu6","2.18-0ubuntu7","2.19-0ubuntu2","2.19-0ubuntu3","2.19-0ubuntu4","2.19-0ubuntu5","2.19-0ubuntu6","2.19-0ubuntu6.1","2.19-0ubuntu6.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"eglibc-source"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc-bin"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc-dev-bin"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-amd64"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-armel"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-dev-amd64"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-dev-armel"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-dev-i386"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-dev-ppc64"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-dev-x32"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-i386"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-pic"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-ppc64"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-prof"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"libc6-x32"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"multiarch-support"},{"binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.4","binary_name":"nscd"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7817.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}