CVE-2014-9462

critical

Description

The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19

http://www.osvdb.org/119816

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257

http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-03-31

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: 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