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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html	Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/	Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605	Exploit Issue Tracking
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html	Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/	Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605	Exploit Issue Tracking

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:debian:exuberant_ctags:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-10-07 14:55

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2014-7204

Mitre link : CVE-2014-7204

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-7204

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

exuberant_ctags
debian_linux

mageia

mageia

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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