CVE-2014-2905

fish (aka fish-shell) 1.16.0 before 2.1.1 does not properly check the credentials, which allows local users to gain privileges via the universal variable socket, related to /tmp/fishd.socket.user permissions.

Published: 2014-05-02 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2905 is rated Low Risk (29.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2905

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 2025-03-22 0.12% 0.04% -0.08%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.12% +0.07%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2905

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2905

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2905

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-2905 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (fish), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2905
gentoo high CVE-2014-2905: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-49), 1 atom(s) (app-shells/fish); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-2905
suse high CVE-2014-2905 severity important: SUSE including 8 source package names (fish-2.2.0-6.1, fish-2.4.0-1.1, …), 8 product×package rows across 5 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, SUSE Package Hub 12, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 8. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2905/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-2905 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (fish), 16 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 10, not-affected 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2905

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2905

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fishshell fish 1.16.0 cpe:2.3:a:fishshell:fish:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fishshell fish 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:fishshell:fish:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2905

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