CVE-2014-2524

lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.004 · 36 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.42% (36th) EPSS

CVSS 3.3 · low

Is it mine?

21 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

3.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.03.3lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 4.9

v2.02.8lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HPE Switch Fibre Channelall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hp:switch:fibre_channel
HPE Switch SANall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hp:switch:san_switch
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
fedoraproject fedora= 20nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline≤ 6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu readline= 6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mageia mageia= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mageia mageia= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 12.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1969HPE Fabric OS: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2023-08-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in HPE Fabric OS für HPE Fibre Channel und SAN Switches ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-08-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (26)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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