CVE-2014-8625

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    CVE-2014-8625

    Published: 20 Jan 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/539, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768485, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/551, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/622, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98551

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High