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01 Record

CVE-2014-6273

Buffer overflow in the HTTP transport code in apt-get in APT 1.0.1 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: debian
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Buffer overflow in the HTTP transport code in apt-get in APT 1.0.1 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 83.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector
No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2014-09-30 14:00Z12 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 12:10Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2014-09-09
Assigning CNA
debian
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
33587439728e9fad9d65ee3094290ea64276781af297819212d7990aa76b708f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
debianadvanced_package_toolNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • apt
    Fixed in 1.0.3

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • apt
    Fixed in 1.0.3

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • apt
    Fixed in 1.0.3

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • apt
    Fixed in 1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.