CVE-2014-9622
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.033 · 88 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Eval injection vulnerability in xdg-utils 1.1.0 RC1, when no supported desktop environment is identified, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–7.3
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affected products (3)
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references (23)
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- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62155cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3131cnnvd
- http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/xsoft/xdg-utils.htmlPatchcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/10cnnvd
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66670cnnvd
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472888cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36enisa_euvd
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