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CVE-2014-2524

LOW · CVSS 3.3 EPSS 0.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-08-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2014-2524
Severity
LOW
CVSS
3.3
EPSS
0.43%

Original NVD Description

The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file.