CVE-2014-9471

high

Published 2015-01-16 · 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

7.5

Description

The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.

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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OS impact

Ubuntu Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
14.04	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`8.23-1`
sid	Fixed	`8.23-1`
forky	Fixed	`8.23-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`8.23-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`8.23-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnu	coreutils	`{"endExcluding":"8.23"}`	`8.23`

References

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

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