CVE-2014-8625
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2015-01-20
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134
Affected products
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/539
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/551
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/622
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768485
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98551
