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CVE-2014-5220

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

The mdcheck script of the mdadm package for openSUSE 13.2 prior to version 3.3.1-5.14.1 does not properly sanitize device names, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Affected products

• Mdadm Project Mdadm: before 3.3.3 — fixed in 3.3.3
• Opensuse: 13.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mdadm Project Mdadm 3.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910500
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00069.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910500
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00069.html

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