CVE-2014-7204
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
jscript.c in Exuberant Ctags 5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU and disk consumption) via a crafted JavaScript file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:5.9~svn20110310-8 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:5.9~svn20110310-8 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:5.9~svn20110310-8 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:5.9~svn20110310-8 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:5.9~svn20110310-8 |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | exuberant_ctags | 5.8 | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7204
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.