UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7204

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7204

    Published: 2 Oct 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-7204
    Aliases:
    USN-2371-1

    Summary:

    Details: jscript.c in Exuberant Ctags 5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU and disk consumption) via a crafted JavaScript file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7204, http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2371-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7204

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exuberant-ctags

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/exuberant-ctags@1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    1:5.9~svn20110310-6

    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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