CVE-2014-9462

Exp

The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.

Published: 2015-03-31 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9462 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.13%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-9462

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9462

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 2026-04-05 1.29% 1.13% -0.16%
2 2025-05-27 1.13% 1.29% +0.16%
3 2025-05-03 — 1.13% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9462

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
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-2014-9462

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-9462

GHSA-3pmw-h7j4-rf54 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — Mercurial vulnerable to arbitrary command execution via a crafted repository name in a clone command

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9462

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9462 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mercurial), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9462
gentoo normal CVE-2014-9462: 1 GLSA(s) (201612-19), 1 atom(s) (dev-vcs/mercurial); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-9462
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9462
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9462 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mercurial), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9462

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9462

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mercurial mercurial <= 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mercurial:mercurial:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9462

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