CVE-2014-9390

Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3; mine all versions before 08-12-2014; libgit2 all versions up to 0.21.2; Egit all versions before 08-12-2014; and JGit all versions before 08-12-2014 allow remote Git servers to execute arbitrary commands via a tree containing a crafted .git/config file with (1) an ignorable Unicode codepoint, (2) a git~1/config representation, or (3) mixed case that is improperly handled on a case-insensitive filesystem.

Published: 2020-02-12 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9390 is rated High Risk (78.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 77.16%, 99th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +17.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9390

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 2026-03-03 59.96% 77.16% +17.19%
2 2025-12-05 53.35% 59.96% +6.61%
3 2025-06-21 — 53.35% —

Full EPSS history (28 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9390

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/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-2014-9390

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-9390

GHSA-6vvc-c2m3-cjf3 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: maven — JGit Improper Input Validation vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9390

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9390 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 5 source packages (dulwich, git, jgit, libgit2, mercurial), 25 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 25. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9390
gentoo normal CVE-2014-9390: 2 GLSA(s) (201509-06, 201612-19), 2 atom(s) (dev-vcs/git, dev-vcs/mercurial); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-9390
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9390
suse critical CVE-2014-9390 severity critical: SUSE including 196 source package names (git, git-1.7.12.4-0.9.1, …), 230 product×package rows across 41 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5, … (41 product lines)): Fixed 220, Known Not Affected 10. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9390/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9390 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (git, git-core, jgit, libgit2, mercurial), 135 status rows across 27 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lucid, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 56, released 32, DNE 31, ignored 14, needed 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9390

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9390

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
git-scm git < 1.8.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git-scm git >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git-scm git >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git-scm git >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git-scm git >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mercurial mercurial < 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mercurial:mercurial:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple xcode <= 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple xcode 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:6.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple xcode 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:6.2:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
eclipse egit < 08-12-2014 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:egit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eclipse jgit < 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eclipse jgit >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libgit2 libgit2 < 0.21.3 cpe:2.3:a:libgit2:libgit2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9390

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