CVE-2014-7187

NameCVE-2014-7187
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via deeply nested for loops, aka the "word_lineno" issue.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-63-1, DSA-3035-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bash (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.3-11+deb8u2fixed
stretch4.4-5fixed
buster5.0-4fixed
bullseye5.1-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm5.2.15-2fixed
sid, trixie5.2.32-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bashsourcesqueeze4.1-3+deb6u2DLA-63-1
bashsourcewheezy4.2+dfsg-0.1+deb7u3DSA-3035-1
bashsource(unstable)4.3-9.2

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