CVE-2014-9622

Exp

Eval injection vulnerability in xdg-utils 1.1.0 RC1, when no supported desktop environment is identified, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.

Published: 2015-01-21 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9622 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.70%). 3 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-2014-9622

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9622

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 2026-02-28 0.94% 1.70% +0.75%
2 2025-04-12 1.84% 0.94% -0.90%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.84% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9622

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9622

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9622

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9622 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xdg-utils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9622
gentoo normal CVE-2014-9622: 1 GLSA(s) (201701-09), 1 atom(s) (x11-misc/xdg-utils); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-9622
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9622
suse medium CVE-2014-9622 severity moderate: SUSE including 3 source package names (xdg-utils, xdg-utils-20140630-5.1, xdg-utils-20140630-6.3.1), 30 product×package rows across 30 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand, … (30 product lines)): Fixed 24, Known Not Affected 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9622/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9622 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xdg-utils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): not-affected 2, DNE 1, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9622

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9622

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gentoo xdg-utils 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:xdg-utils:1.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9622

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