CVE-2014-7204
N/A
Published: October 7, 2014 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxMageia
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
jscript.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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.htmlx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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