Medium severity · published Aug 25, 2017
CVE-2014-9637
GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file
5.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
20; 21 · source: NVD
MA
Mageia · Mageia
4.0 · source: NVD
PA
Patch · Gnu
through 2.7.2 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 14.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9637
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9637
Patch
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html
Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286
Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
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