CVE-2014-9474
Buffer overflow in the mpfr_strtofr function in GNU MPFR before 3.1.2-p11 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to incorrect documentation for mpn_set_str.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the mpfr_strtofr function in GNU MPFR before 3.1.2-p11 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to incorrect documentation for mpn_set_str.
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
- 4.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2017-10-09 14:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- c24deeafb9fb657f5c85bbe511019512bf65568152e1ac43d83f67208e250389
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com71542http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71542
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150103 Re: CVE request: mpfr: buffer overflow in mpfr_strtofrhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/12
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-16964http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147745.html
- gmplib.org[gmp-bugs] 20131216 out-of-bound writehttps://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2013-December/003267.html
- www.mpfr.orghttp://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.2/patch11
- gforge.inria.frhttps://gforge.inria.fr/scm/viewvc.php/mpfr?revision=9243&view=revision
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-16967http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147737.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171701
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201512-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-06
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mpfr4 Fixed in 3.1.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mpfr4 Fixed in 3.1.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mpfr4 Fixed in 3.1.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- mpfr4 No fix yet
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.