CVE-2014-6278

UNKNOWNKnown Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3-patches/bash43-027 ; https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/23467 ; https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140926-bash ; https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/security-bulletin-update-vulnerabilities-bash-affect-aix-toolbox-linux-applications-cve-2014-6271-cve-2014-6277-cve-2014-6278-cve-2014-7169-cve-2014-7186-and-cve-2014-7187 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6278

Remediation deadline: October 23, 2025

Description

GNU Bash contains an OS command injection vulnerability which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted environment.

Timeline

Published:October 2nd, 2025 12:00 AM

Last modified:October 2nd, 2025 12:00 AM

Added to KEV:October 2nd, 2025

CVSS Scoring

No CVSS v3 score available

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

GNU

Products

GNU Bash

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

No references available.

Source: CISA KEV + NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute