CVE-2014-7204

NONE EPSS 89.9%

Published Oct 7, 201411y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

Published Oct 7, 2014 11y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

89.9% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

Public Exploit Known

Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-399

Affected Products 6

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	any
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	any
debian	debian_linux	7.0	any
debian	exuberant_ctags	5.8	any
mageia	mageia	3.0	any
mageia	mageia	4.0	any

References 7

advisories.mageia.org http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html

Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/

Issue TrackingPatch
debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042

Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178

Broken Link
openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
ubuntu.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1

Third Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605

ExploitIssue Tracking

Remediation

sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/

Issue TrackingPatch