CVE catalog
CVE-2014-9637
patch: CVE-2014-9637
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.36% · Oct 25, 2026
GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff 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 | patch | sid | 2.8.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | patch | forky | 2.8.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | patch | trixie | 2.8-2 | fixed |
| Debian | patch | bookworm | 2.7.6-7 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | patch | 14.04 | 2.7.1-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | patch | 14.04 | 2.7.1-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | patch | 14.04 | 2.7.1-4ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | patch | 14.04 | 2.7.1-4ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | patch | 14.04 | 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | patch | source | sid | 2.7.1-7 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | patch | source | forky | 2.7.1-7 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | patch | source | trixie | 2.7.1-7 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | patch | source | bookworm | 2.7.1-7 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | patch | deb | 14.04 | 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9637 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [patch]Fixed
Details (2)
2.7.6-7· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.7.1-7dsa · patch · debian · bookworm; dsa · patch · debian · 12
2.7.6-7· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.7.1-7dsa · patch · debian · bookworm; dsa · patch · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [patch]Fixed
Details (2)
2.8-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.7.1-7dsa · patch · debian · 13
2.8-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.7.1-7dsa · patch · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2018_1162-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9637]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9637]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9637]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-9637.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]