CVE-2014-9274

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9274
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-09 23:59:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUnRTF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a file containing the string "{\cb-999999999".

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Application Mageia Project Mageia 4 All All All
Application Unrtf Project Unrtf All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: out-of-bounds memory access flaw in unrtf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3158-1 unrtf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: unrtf-0.21.7-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[bug-unrtf] out-of-bounds memory access in unrtf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA62811 - Debian update for unrtf - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:007 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Bug 1170233 – CVE-2014-9274 CVE-2014-9275 unrtf: out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0533 - Updated unrtf package fixes security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
UnRTF RTF File Handling Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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