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CVE-2014-9462
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2015-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-20
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.
Affected products
References
- http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/119816
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
- http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
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