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This flaw affects old GNU Bash versions before 4.3. A local user who can influence text passed to Bash's echo -e built-in may trigger memory corruption, causing a crash or possible code execution as the Bash process. Exposure is most likely on legacy systems running GNU Bash before 4.3, especially scripts that process untrusted input through echo -e. The bundle does not provide detailed CPEs, so validate against vendor package status rather than product assumptions. Treat this as a legacy-platform cleanup and targeted hardening issue. It is high impact if reachable, but local access and high complexity reduce broad emergency urgency absent exploitation evidence. Mitigation focus: Upgrade GNU Bash to a vendor-supported version newer than affected pre-4.3 releases.; Apply vendor advisories, including Ubuntu USN-4180-1 and relevant F5 guidance where applicable.; Review scripts that pass untrusted data to echo -e and reduce that pattern..
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- High
- CVSS
- 7 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
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CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N15.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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7HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1721071CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05122252CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05122252?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSSCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- USN-4180-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
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