CVE-2014-9471

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62226Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62226Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 16, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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