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CVE-2014-9622

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9622 is an eval injection vulnerability in xdg-utils 1.1.0 RC1, specifically when no supported desktop environment is identified, allowing arbitrary code execution via the URL argument to xdg-open. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:xdg-utils:1.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0326 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xdg-utils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9622Moderate

xdg-utils: Eval injection in xdg-open allows arbitrary command execution on crafted URL

Jun 10, 2013

References

bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/62155
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-09
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3131
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/10
securityfocus.com / bid/71284