Buffer overflow in Mageia Project
CVE-2014-9274
UnRTF 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".
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.058 (93.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mageia Project — versions 4
- Unrtf Project
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 21
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0533.html
- secunia.com/advisories/62811 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147399.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/15 (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3158 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71430 (vdb-entry)
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-unrtf/2014-11/msg00001.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-06 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9274?
- CVE-2014-9274 is a vulnerability in Mageia Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-12-09.
- Is CVE-2014-9274 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.