CVE-2014-9471

Exp

The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.

Published: 2015-01-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9471 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.09%, 93th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.83% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-9471

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9471

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 2026-06-15 4.26% 7.09% +2.83%
2 2026-05-13 5.01% 4.26% -0.75%
3 2026-04-05 — 5.01% —

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9471

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-2014-9471

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9471

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-9471 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (coreutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9471
gentoo normal CVE-2014-9471: 1 GLSA(s) (201612-22), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/coreutils); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-9471
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9471
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9471 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (coreutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 4, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9471

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9471

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu coreutils < 8.23 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9471

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