CVE-2014-2524
Status: ModifiedLow (3.3)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 3.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.42%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 34
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (4)
CWEs
- CWE-59
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html
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