| Name | CVE-2014-7844 |
| Description | BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-113-1, DLA-114-1, DSA-3104-1, DSA-3105-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 773417 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| bsd-mailx (PTS) | buster | 8.1.2-0.20180807cvs-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 8.1.2-0.20180807cvs-2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bsd-mailx | source | squeeze | 8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1+deb6u1 | DLA-113-1 | ||
| bsd-mailx | source | wheezy | 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1+deb7u1 | DSA-3104-1 | ||
| bsd-mailx | source | (unstable) | 8.1.2-0.20141216cvs-1 | |||
| heirloom-mailx | source | squeeze | 12.4-2+deb6u1 | DLA-114-1 | ||
| heirloom-mailx | source | wheezy | 12.5-2+deb7u1 | DSA-3105-1 | ||
| heirloom-mailx | source | (unstable) | 12.5-3.1 | 773417 |