Command injection in Heirloom mailx and BSD mailx - CVE-2014-7844
Published: April 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11823
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7844
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Heirloom Project
FreeBSD Foundation
FreeBSD Foundation
Affected software:
Heirloom mailx
BSD mailx
Heirloom mailx
BSD mailx
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper handling of the parsing of email addresses. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands through the direct command execution functionality.
The weakness exists due to improper handling of the parsing of email addresses. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands through the direct command execution functionality.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7844
Update BSD mailx to version 8.1.2.20160123.