CVE-2014-7204

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-7204
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-07 14:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionjscript.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Debian Exuberant Ctags 5.8 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#742605 - exuberant-ctags: CVE-2014-7204: endless loop + disk usage bomb on minified js file - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit, Issue Tracking
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3042-1 exuberant-ctags af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:178 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
USN-2371-1: Exuberant Ctags vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: exuberant-ctags: CPU/disk DoS on minified JavaScript file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Exuberant Ctags / Code / Commit [r791] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Issue Tracking, Patch
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0415 - Updated ctags package fixes security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500160 Alpine Linux Security Update for ctags
  • 504660 Alpine Linux Security Update for ctags
  • 900201 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for net-snmp 5.8
  • 900202 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for ctags 5.8
  • 903642 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for ctags (4662)
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