CVE-2014-9637
N/A
Published: August 25, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsFedoraUbuntu LinuxMageia
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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