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CVE-2014-9637

Published: Aug 25, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-399
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.3%
Top 19.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

UbuntuCanonical Ltd.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
FedoraFedora Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
GNU PatchСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
MageiaСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
fedora projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
and 4 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html
advisories.mageia.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
and 14 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 25, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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