CVE-2014-7208

high

Published 2014-12-19 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.2

Description

GParted before 0.15.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in a crafted filesystem label.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-35595 local linux

SEC Consult · 2014-12-23

GParted 0.14.1 - OS Command Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.16.1-1`
sid	Fixed	`0.16.1-1`
forky	Fixed	`0.16.1-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.16.1-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.16.1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gparted	gparted	`{"endExcluding":"0.15.0"}`	`0.15.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-77

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.