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CVE-2014-7204

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-7204 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from canonical, from debian, from debian and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-10-07T14:55:08.250

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Application	debian	exuberant_ctags	5.8	Yes
Operating System	mageia	mageia	3.0	Yes
Operating System	mageia	mageia	4.0	Yes

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/ Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605 Exploit, Issue Tracking ([email protected])
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/ Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605 Exploit, Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For canonical's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.