URL-handling code in Pine 4.43 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
Priority LOW 37Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
URL-handling code in Pine 4.43 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL enclosed in single quotes and containing shell metacharacters (&).
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02179 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.20 | Vulnerable | University Of Washington |
| cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.21 | Vulnerable | University Of Washington |
| cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.30 | Vulnerable | University Of Washington |
| cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.33 | Vulnerable | University Of Washington |
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.20 Vulnerable ·University Of Washington
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.21 Vulnerable ·University Of Washington
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.30 Vulnerable ·University Of Washington
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.33 Vulnerable ·University Of Washington
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Linux 6.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2002:009 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2002:009 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2002:009 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2002:009 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0014
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jmm6-4qwp-jx6x
References
More University Of Washington Pine vulnerabilities
- TI-2000-00353 Pine 4.x allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via an index.html file… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2000-00352 Pine before version 4.21 does not properly filter shell metacharacters from URLs, which… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2003-00664 Buffer overflow in PINE before 4.58 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2000-00899 Buffer overflow in the automatic mail checking component of Pine 4.21 and earlier allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2002-02237 The c-client library in Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) dated before 2002 RC2, as… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2003-00278 c-client IMAP Client, as used in imap-2002b and Pine 4.53, allows remote malicious IMAP… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2002-0014 · CVE Program
- CVE-2002-0014 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jmm6-4qwp-jx6x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2002-0014 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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