CVE-2014-9474

moderate-risk

Published 2017-10-10

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.

Do I need to act?

4.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Gnu Mpfr

Affected Vendors

Mpfr

References (18)

Third Party Advisory http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147737.ht...

Third Party Advisory http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147745.ht...

Vendor Advisory http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.2/patch11

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/12

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71542

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171701

Third Party Advisory https://gforge.inria.fr/scm/viewvc.php/mpfr?revision=9243&view=revision

Not Applicable https://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2013-December/003267.html

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-06