ubuntu-cve-2014-7844
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-12-16 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "bsd-mailx",
            "binary_version": "8.1.2-0.20131005cvs-1ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "bsd-mailx",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsd-mailx@8.1.2-0.20131005cvs-1ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.1.2-0.20131005cvs-1ubuntu0.14.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1ubuntu1",
        "8.1.2-0.20131005cvs-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "heirloom-mailx",
            "binary_version": "12.5-2+deb7u1build0.14.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "heirloom-mailx",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/heirloom-mailx@12.5-2+deb7u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.5-2+deb7u1build0.14.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "12.5-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7844",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:14Z",
  "published": "2014-12-16T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7844"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=141875285203183\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3104"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2455-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7844"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2455-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-7844"
  ]
}



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