CVE-2014-6278
GNU — GNU Bash OS Command Injection Vulnerability
What EVULNABLE says
EVULNABLE Risk · priority
88/100
Immediate
Intelligence coverage 75/90 — no pre-patch disclosure data
The priority band answers “how soon”, not “how bad” — see Methodology for what it weighs and where it abstains.
The evidence behind it
| Measure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS base score | 8.8 | NVD |
| FIRST EPSS | 0.996 (99.95th pctl) | FIRST |
| Actively exploited | Confirmed | CISA KEV |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown or none | CISA KEV |
| CISA remediation deadline | 2025-10-23 — Overdue by 10 months | CISA KEV |
What CISA says to do
- This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see ↗
- support.broadcom.com/…/23467 ↗
- sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/…/cisco-sa-20140926-bash ↗
- www.ibm.com/…/security-bulletin-update-vulnerabilities-bash-affect-aix-toolbox-linux-applications-cve-2014-6271-cve-2014-6277-cve-2014-6278-cve-2014-7169-cve-2014-7186-and-cve-2014-7187 ↗
- nvd.nist.gov/…/CVE-2014-6278 ↗
The primary records
This page is an opinion about urgency. Where it and a source of record disagree, the source of record is the record.