CVE-2014-8625

Severity Score

6.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name.

Múltiples vulnerabilidades de cadenas de formatos en la función parse_error_msg en parsehelp.c en dpkg anterior a 1.17.22 permiten a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída) y posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de especificadores de cadenas de formatos en el nombre (1) del paquete o (2) de la arquitectura.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-11-06 CVE Reserved
2015-01-20 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2024-09-01 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/551	Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/622	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98551	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/539	2024-08-06
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768485	2024-08-06
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html	2017-09-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Dpkg Search vendor "Debian" for product "Dpkg"				<= 1.17.21 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Dpkg" and version " <= 1.17.21"		-		Affected