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CVE-2014-3856

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3856 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the 'funced' function of fish-shell versions 1.23.0 through 2.1.0. This flaw stems from improper temporary file creation, allowing local users to exploit predictable temporary file names. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.23.0, < 2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fishshell:fish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1437
Third Party Advisory
github.com / fish-shell/fish-shell/releases/tag/2.1.1
Release Notes
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory