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title: "CVE-2014-7169\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-7169

Publication date 25 September 2014

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7169?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain
malformed function definitions in the values of environment variables,
which allows remote attackers to write to files or possibly have unknown
other impact via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors
involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod\_cgi and
mod\_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified
DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs
across a privilege boundary from Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability
exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7169?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bash | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.3-7ubuntu1.3 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.2-2ubuntu2.3 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 4.1-2ubuntu3.2 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7169?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

It was discovered that a build issue preventing the fix
from being applied properly in the 4.3-7ubuntu1.2 package for
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. A respin was released to 4.3-7ubuntu1.3 to
correct the issue, and USN-2363-2 was published.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| bash | * Proposed:   <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/10> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7169)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7169)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-7169)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7169)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2363-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2363-2)
+ Bash vulnerability
+ 26 September 2014

+ [USN-2363-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2363-1)
+ Bash vulnerability
+ 25 September 2014

### Other references

* <https://twitter.com/taviso/status/514887394294652929>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/5>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7169>
* <https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog>