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CVE-2014-9637
GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted…
Medium5.5EPSS 2.4%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150122 Re: CVE request: directory traversal flaw in patch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-1134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 72286 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-1165 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2651-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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