CVE-2014-9474
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.5% (pctl 91)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.55% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-10-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mpfr | gnu mpfr |
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://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2013-December/003267.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-06
- 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://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2013-December/003267.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-06
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