CVE-2014-9938 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9938?

CVE-2014-9938 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh in Git before 1.9.3 does not sanitize branch names in the PS1 variable, allowing a malicious repository to cause code execution.

Weakness: CWE-116

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9938?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Git-Scm Git.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9938?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2014-9938 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9938 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2022-23521 gitattributes parsing integer overflow in git Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-41903 Integer overflow in `git archive`, `git log --format` leading to RCE in git Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-1353 Security feature bypass in Git Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-2315 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-2324 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9938, GHSA-6vhm-rfmv-gf4j, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9938, USN-3243-1.