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CVE-2014-9462
The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% 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: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPImercurialGHSA-3pmw-h7j4-rf54 (opens in a new tab)
References
7
- GLSA-201612-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0617 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 119816 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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-2015-0029 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3pmw-h7j4-rf54 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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