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 diff file.
02 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.
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
- 2.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. 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
- 2017-08-25 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7ca5ad1a3dd7f75b659df327df131741c100657e7cace6ebfc94ee2166c2b888
05 Affected products
06 References
- savannah.gnu.orghttps://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150122 Re: CVE request: directory traversal flaw in patchhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-1134http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html
- www.securityfocus.com72286http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-1165http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2651-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- patch Fixed in 2.7.1-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- patch Fixed in 2.7.1-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- patch Fixed in 2.7.1-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- patch Fixed in 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3
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.