VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-7204
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 4.28%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.28% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · debian/exuberant ctags · mageia/mageia
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605Exploit, Issue Tracking
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.