VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-9274
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".
HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.83%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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".
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.83% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- unrtf project/unrtf · fedoraproject/fedora · mageia project/mageia · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0533.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147399.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62811
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3158
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:007
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/15
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71430
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170233
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-unrtf/2014-11/msg00001.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-06
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0533.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147399.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62811
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3158
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:007
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/15
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71430
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170233
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-unrtf/2014-11/msg00001.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-06
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.