CVE-2014-9471: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 7.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only
• GNU Coreutils: before 8.23 (fixed in 8.23)

Published 2015-01-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.