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CVE-2014-2524
The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a…
- 3.3LowCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- MDVSA-2014:154 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1226 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-7523 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140317 Re: Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Bug-readline] 20140331 Readline-6.3 Official Patch 3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140314 Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-2560 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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