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CVE-2014-3219 json

fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER,…

published 2018-02-09 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3236

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER, (3) /tmp/.yum-cache.$USER, or (4) /tmp/.rpm-cache.$USER.

Patch / fix

  • fishshell fish 2.1.1
  • fish Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3219

  • fish openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.0-1.1
  • fish3 openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.0.0-lp151.2.1
  • fish3 openSUSE Leap 15.0 3.0.0-lp150.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10348-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2188-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2177-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3219 updated cvss 7.2

fish: multiple flaws fixed in upstream 2.1.1

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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