CVE-2014-9474

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    CVE-2014-9474

    Published: 10 Oct 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147737.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147745.html, http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.2/patch11, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/12, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71542, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171701, https://gforge.inria.fr/scm/viewvc.php/mpfr?revision=9243&view=revision, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-06, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/12, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171701, https://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2013-December/003267.html

    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
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