CVE-2014-9622

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2014-9622 · Published 21/01/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-9622 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting xdg-utils (gentoo).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.3%, higher than 88.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xdg-utils gentoo	`= 1.1.0`	No fix yet

Description

Eval injection vulnerability in xdg-utils 1.1.0 RC1, when no supported desktop environment is identified, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36 · Exploit
secunia.com/advisories/62155
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3131
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/10
securityfocus.com/bid/71284
bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09

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