CVE-2014-9938

Exp

contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh in Git before 1.9.3 does not sanitize branch names in the PS1 variable, allowing a malicious repository to cause code execution.

Published: 2017-03-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9938 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.32%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-9938

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9938

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 0.75% 2.32% +1.57%
2 2025-12-28 0.84% 0.75% -0.09%
3 2025-12-27 — 0.84% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9938

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
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-2014-9938

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9938

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9938 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (git), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9938
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9938
suse medium CVE-2014-9938 severity moderate: SUSE including 27 source package names (emacs-git-1.8.3.1-11.el7, emacs-git-el-1.8.3.1-11.el7, …), 61 product×package rows across 10 product lines (Magnum Orchestration 7, SUSE Cloud 5, … (10 product lines)): Known Not Affected 45, Fixed 16. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9938/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9938 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (git), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9938

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9938

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
git-scm git < 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9938

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