mercurial: command Injection via sshpeer._validaterepo()
Published Mar 31, 2015
9.3
CRITICALCVSS 4.0
EPSS 4.17%
Description
The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
mercurial
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
mercurial
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mercurial | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | mercurial | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.17% (0.04169) | 90.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.20% (0.04199) | 89.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.73% (0.00730) | 70.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.87% (0.02874) | 77.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.73% (0.00730) | 70.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.32% (0.03324) | 91.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 3.76% (0.03758) | 91.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.14% (0.03139) | 89.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.osvdb.org/119816 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9462 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204807 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3pmw-h7j4-rf54 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2015-14.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9462
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9462
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