{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9471","details":"The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the \"--date=TZ=\"123\"345\" @1\" string to the touch or date command.","modified":"2026-01-30T01:36:13.672846Z","published":"2014-12-31T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2473-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9471"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9471"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?msg=11;filename=date-tz-crash.patch;att=1;bug=16872"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?msg=19;filename=coreutils-date-crash.patch;att=1;bug=16872"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2473-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9471"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"coreutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils@8.21-1ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.21-1ubuntu5.1"}]}],"versions":["8.20-3ubuntu5","8.21-1ubuntu3","8.21-1ubuntu4","8.21-1ubuntu5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"8.21-1ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"coreutils"},{"binary_version":"8.21-1ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"mktemp"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9471.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}