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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 25, 2017, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:21 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-9637 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9637 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Gnu patch
1 Mageia mageia
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-9637.

URL Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A collection of vulnerabilities discovered by the AFL fuzzer (afl-fuzz)

Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago
90 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : Aug. 27, 2015, 12:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 332 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-9637 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-9637 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262
    Added Reference https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944
    Added Reference https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 30, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html No Types Assigned http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 No Types Assigned https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 No Types Assigned https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-9637 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-9637 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.21 }} 0.10%

score

0.84952

percentile

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