CVE catalog

CVE-2014-2094

catfish: CVE-2014-2094

Severity: Medium
Published: Feb 26, 2014, 2:55:08 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.42% · Oct 25, 2026

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Catfish through 0.4.0.3, when a Fedora package such as 0.4.0.2-2 is not used, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse catfish.pyc in the current working directory.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	catfish	sid	`4.20.0-2`	fixed
Debian	catfish	forky	`4.20.0-2`	fixed
Debian	catfish	trixie	`4.20.0-2`	fixed
Debian	catfish	bookworm	`4.16.4-2`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	catfish	source	sid	`1.0.1-1`	low	Not reported	[739958]
Debian	catfish	source	forky	`1.0.1-1`	low	Not reported	[739958]
Debian	catfish	source	trixie	`1.0.1-1`	low	Not reported	[739958]
Debian	catfish	source	bookworm	`1.0.1-1`	low	Not reported	[739958]

[Debian bug #739958]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[catfish]Fixed
Details (2)
- 4.16.4-2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.1-1
  dsa · catfish · debian · bookworm; dsa · catfish · debian · 12
- 4.16.4-2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.1-1
  dsa · catfish · debian · bookworm; dsa · catfish · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[catfish]Fixed
Details (2)
- 4.20.0-2 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.1-1
  dsa · catfish · debian · 13
- 4.20.0-2 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.1-1
  dsa · catfish · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:10:17 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]