CVE catalog
CVE-2014-9471
coreutils: CVE-2014-9471
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 7.09% · Oct 25, 2026
The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.
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 | coreutils | sid | 9.10-1 | fixed |
| Debian | coreutils | forky | 9.10-1 | fixed |
| Debian | coreutils | trixie | 9.7-3 | fixed |
| Debian | coreutils | bookworm | 9.1-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.20-3ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu5.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.20-3ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu5.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | coreutils | source | sid | 8.23-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | coreutils | source | forky | 8.23-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | coreutils | source | trixie | 8.23-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | coreutils | source | bookworm | 8.23-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | deb | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu5.1 | Not reported | USN-2473-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | deb | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu5.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9471 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [coreutils]Fixed
Details (2)
9.1-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
8.23-1dsa · coreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · coreutils · debian · 12
9.1-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
8.23-1dsa · coreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · coreutils · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [coreutils]Fixed
Details (2)
9.7-3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
8.23-1dsa · coreutils · debian · 13
9.7-3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
8.23-1dsa · coreutils · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2015_0792-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9471]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9471]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2473-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9471]
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