CVE-2014-8625

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8625
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-20 15:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Debian Dpkg All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: Re: CVE-Request: dpkg handling of 'control' and warnings format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE-Request: dpkg handling of 'control' and warnings format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: dpkg-1.16.16-5.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
#768485 - dpkg: CVE-2014-8625: format string vulnerability - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
Bug #1389135 “dpkg / dpkg-deb segfault -- possible format string... : Bugs : dpkg package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
oss-sec: CVE-Request: dpkg handling of 'control' and warnings format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
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