CVE-2014-9637

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.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.38%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286 vdb entry third party advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 third party advisory patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9637?
CVE-2014-9637 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9637?
To fix CVE-2014-9637, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-9637 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-9637 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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