CVE-2014-6273

medium
Published 2014-09-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Buffer overflow in the HTTP transport code in apt-get in APT 1.0.1 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2353-1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3031

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6273

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.0.3
debian debianbullseyefixed1.0.3
debian debianforkyfixed1.0.3
debian debiansidfixed1.0.3
debian debiantrixiefixed1.0.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
debianadvanced_package_tool{"endIncluding":"1.0.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.