CVE catalog
CVE-2014-7204
exuberant-ctags: CVE-2014-7204
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.82% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | exuberant-ctags | sid | 1:5.9~svn20110310-20 | fixed |
| Debian | exuberant-ctags | forky | 1:5.9~svn20110310-20 | fixed |
| Debian | exuberant-ctags | trixie | 1:5.9~svn20110310-19 | fixed |
| Debian | exuberant-ctags | bookworm | 1:5.9~svn20110310-18 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.10 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.11 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.12 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.13 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.14 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.15 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.16 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.6 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.7 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.8 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Alpine | ctags | 3.9 | 5.8-r5 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | exuberant-ctags | 14.04 | 1:5.9~svn20110310-6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | exuberant-ctags | 14.04 | 1:5.9~svn20110310-7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | exuberant-ctags | 14.04 | 1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | ctags | tumbleweed | 5.8-8.1 | fixed |
| Suse | ctags | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp1 | 5.8-7.1 | fixed |
| Suse | ctags | linux enterprise server 12 sp1 | 5.8-7.1 | fixed |
| Suse | ctags | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp1 | 5.8-7.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | exuberant-ctags | 14.04 | 1:5.9~svn20110310-6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | exuberant-ctags | 14.04 | 1:5.9~svn20110310-7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | exuberant-ctags | 14.04 | 1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | exuberant-ctags | source | sid | 1:5.9~svn20110310-8 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [742605] |
| Debian | exuberant-ctags | source | forky | 1:5.9~svn20110310-8 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [742605] |
| Debian | exuberant-ctags | source | trixie | 1:5.9~svn20110310-8 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [742605] |
| Debian | exuberant-ctags | source | bookworm | 1:5.9~svn20110310-8 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [742605] |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.10 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.11 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.12 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.13 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.14 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.15 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.16 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.6 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.7 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.8 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ctags | apk | 3.9 | 5.8-r5 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | exuberant-ctags | deb | 14.04 | 1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | USN-2371-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | ctags | rpm | tumbleweed | 5.8-8.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10296-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | ctags | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp1 | 5.8-7.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2097-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | ctags | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp1 | 5.8-7.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2097-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | ctags | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp1 | 5.8-7.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2097-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | exuberant-ctags | deb | 14.04 | 1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7204 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [exuberant-ctags]Fixed
Details (2)
1:5.9~svn20110310-18· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.9~svn20110310-8dsa · exuberant-ctags · debian · bookworm; dsa · exuberant-ctags · debian · 12
1:5.9~svn20110310-18· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.9~svn20110310-8dsa · exuberant-ctags · debian · bookworm; dsa · exuberant-ctags · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [exuberant-ctags]Fixed
Source package: [exuberant-ctags]
Details (2)
1:5.9~svn20110310-19· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.9~svn20110310-8dsa · exuberant-ctags · debian · 13
1:5.9~svn20110310-19+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.9~svn20110310-8dsa · exuberant-ctags · debian · 13
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2016_2097-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7204]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-69-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3042-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2097-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7204]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2371-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10296-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7204]
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