CVE-2015-1418

7.8 highEPSS 3.7%

High (7.8) in freebsd freebsd. EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The do_ed_script function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6, and patch in FreeBSD 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p17, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p3, 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p2, and 0.2-RC2 before 10.2-RC2-p1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted patch file, because a '!' character can be passed to the ed program.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2018-02-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

freebsd:freebsd

References

http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/05/bangpatch/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76236
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033188
https://bugs.debian.org/894667
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.7/common/013_patch.patch.sig

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