Off-by-one error in read_token_word function in GNU Bash through 4.3 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or possibly have other impact via deeply nested for loops (word_lineno vulnerability).

Off-by-one error in read_token_word function in GNU Bash through 4.3 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or possibly have other impact via deeply nested for loops (word_lineno vulnerability).

CVE-2014-7187 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Off-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via deeply nested for loops, aka the "word_lineno" issue.

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