UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7208

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7208
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7208.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7208
Upstream
Related
  • USN-2471-1
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:05Z
Published
2014-12-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:17:10.549197Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

GParted before 0.15.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in a crafted filesystem label.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / gparted

Package

Name
gparted
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gparted@0.18.0-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.18.0-1

Affected versions

0.*

0.16.1-1
0.16.2-1
0.16.2-1ubuntu1
0.17.0-3
0.17.0-4
0.17.0-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gparted",
            "binary_version": "0.18.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7208.json"