CVE-2014-7209

run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent...

7.5 HighFix available

run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Exploit likelihood

2.79%Up 1.7 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Record: CVE-2014-7209
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Record: CVE-2014-7209
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2014-7082 No score

run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Record: EUVD-2014-7082
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5w9q-jf7m-rmj2 No score

run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent...

run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Record: GHSA-5w9q-jf7m-rmj2
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Record: CVE-2014-7209
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-7209 No score

run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7209
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-7209 No score

run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7209
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUSN-2453-1 No score

mime-support vulnerability

Timothy D. Morgan discovered that the run-mailcap tool incorrectly filtered certain shell metacharacters in filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a file with a specially-crafted filename, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record: USN-2453-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`mime-support` Debian:12	before 3.58	3.58
`mime-support` Debian:6.0	before 3.48-1+deb6u1, plus listed versions 3.48-1	3.48-1+deb6u1
`mime-support` Debian:7	before 3.52-1+deb7u1, plus listed versions 3.52-1	3.52-1+deb7u1
`mime-support` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 3.54ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions 3.54ubuntu1	3.54ubuntu1.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-7209 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Debian Mime-support, published December 29, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.79%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in mime-support 3.58.

References

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