CVE-2014-7169, known as "Shellshock," is a critical command injection vulnerability in GNU Bash through version 4.3 bash43-025, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting environment variables that exploit malformed function definitions. This flaw impacts a wide range of products including Apple, Red Hat, Debian, and Oracle. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited, listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and has numerous public exploits available on ExploitDB, leading to significant community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.9.0, < 4.9.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.10.0, < 4.10.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.11.0, < 4.11.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.12.0, < 4.12.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.