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CVE-2014-8625

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Date: January 20, 2015

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (11)

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/551
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8625
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8625
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8625
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768485
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/539
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/622
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98551
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-8625

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Format String Vulnerability

CWE-134

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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