CVE-2015-1418

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The do_ed_script function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6, and patch in FreeBSD 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p17, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p3, 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p2, and 0.2-RC2 before 10.2-RC2-p1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted patch file, because a '!' character can be passed to the ed program.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

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

References

http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/05/bangpatch/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76236Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033188Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/894667
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.7/common/013_patch.patch.sig
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:18.bsdpatch.ascVendor Advisory
http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/05/bangpatch/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76236Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033188Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/894667
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.7/common/013_patch.patch.sig
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:18.bsdpatch.ascVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 5, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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