CVE-2014-10071

In exec.c in zsh before 5.0.7, there is a buffer overflow for very long fds in the ">& fd" syntax.

Published: 2018-02-27 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-10071 is rated Moderate Risk (61.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.48%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-10071

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-30 0.27% 0.48% +0.20%
2 2025-03-30 0.87% 0.27% -0.60%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.87% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-10071

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-10071

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-10071

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-10071 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (zsh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-10071
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-10071
suse medium CVE-2014-10071 severity moderate: SUSE including 5 source package names (zsh, zsh-4.3.6-67.9.8.1, zsh-5.0.2-31.el7, zsh-5.0.5-6.7.2, zsh-html-5.0.2-31.el7), 50 product×package rows across 49 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand, … (49 product lines)): Fixed 33, Known Not Affected 17. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-10071/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-10071 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zsh), 4 status rows across 4 suites (artful, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 2, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-10071

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-10071

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zsh zsh < 5.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:zsh:zsh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 17.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-10071

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