CVE-2014-9274

high
Published 2014-12-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

UnRTF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a file containing the string "{\cb-999999999".

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9274

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-unrtf/2014-11/msg00001.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
fedora fedora21affected
debian debianbookwormfixed0.21.5-2
debian debianbullseyefixed0.21.5-2
debian debianforkyfixed0.21.5-2
debian debiansidfixed0.21.5-2
debian debiantrixiefixed0.21.5-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
unrtf_projectunrtf{"endIncluding":"0.21.6"}
mageia_projectmageia4

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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