UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9938

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9938
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9938.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9938
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Published
2017-03-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:18Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.8.3.2-1
1:1.8.4.2-1
1:1.8.4.3-1
1:1.8.4.4-1
1:1.8.5-1
1:1.8.5.1-1
1:1.8.5.2-1
1:1.8.5.2-2
1:1.8.5.3-1
1:1.9~rc1-1
1:1.9.0-1
1:1.9.1-1
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.2
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "git",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-all",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-arch",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-bzr",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-core",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-cvs",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-el",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-email",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-gui",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-man",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-svn",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gitk",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gitweb",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        }
    ]
}