{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7187","details":"Off-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via deeply nested for loops, aka the \"word_lineno\" issue.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:24:26.264388Z","published":"2014-09-26T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2364-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-7187"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7187"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/32"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2364-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7187"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bash","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/bash@4.3-7ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.3-7ubuntu1.4"}]}],"versions":["4.2-5ubuntu3","4.3-1ubuntu2","4.3-2ubuntu1","4.3-3ubuntu1","4.3-4ubuntu1","4.3-4ubuntu2","4.3-6ubuntu1","4.3-7ubuntu1","4.3-7ubuntu1.1","4.3-7ubuntu1.2","4.3-7ubuntu1.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"bash","binary_version":"4.3-7ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_name":"bash-builtins","binary_version":"4.3-7ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_name":"bash-static","binary_version":"4.3-7ubuntu1.4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7187.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}