CVE-2014-7204
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-7078)
- Published
- October 7, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-7078 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / exuberant ctags
- mageia / mageia
- mageia / mageia
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605(Exploit, Issue Tracking)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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