VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-8625
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package…
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 3.30%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.30% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- debian/dpkg
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/539Exploit
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/551
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/622
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768485Exploit
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98551
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/539Exploit
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/551
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/622
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768485Exploit
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98551
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.