{"id":"CVE-2014-7204","aliases":["ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204","DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7204","DLA-69-1","DSA-3042-1","EUVD-2014-7078","GHSA-5p88-49h5-82pm","MGASA-2014-0415","SUSE-SU-2016:2097-1","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7204","USN-2371-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10296-1"],"status":"published","title":"jscript.c in Exuberant Ctags 5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite...","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-06","score":0.04824,"percentile":0.92021,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-399"],"published":"2014-10-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-11-03T06:30:04Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.10","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.11","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.12","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.13","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.14","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.15","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.16","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.17","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.18","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.19","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.20","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.21","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.22","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.23","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.24","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.6","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.7","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.8","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.9","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-r5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"exuberant-ctags","fixed_in":["1:5.9~svn20110310-8"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"exuberant-ctags","fixed_in":["1:5.9~svn20110310-8"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"exuberant-ctags","fixed_in":["1:5.9~svn20110310-8"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:6.0","package":"exuberant-ctags","fixed_in":["1:5.8-3squeeze2"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:7","package":"exuberant-ctags","fixed_in":["1:5.9~svn20110310-4+deb7u1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Mageia:3","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-6.1.mga3"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Mageia:4","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-7.1.mga4"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-7.1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-7.1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-7.1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"exuberant-ctags","fixed_in":["1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"openSUSE:Tumbleweed","package":"ctags","fixed_in":["5.8-8.1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.10","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.11","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.12","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.13","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.14","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.15","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.16","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.17","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.18","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.19","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.20","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.21","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.22","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.23","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.24","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.6","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.7","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.8","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.9","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-r5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"exuberant-ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.9~svn20110310-8"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"exuberant-ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.9~svn20110310-8"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"exuberant-ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.9~svn20110310-8"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:6.0","package":"exuberant-ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.8-3squeeze2"}]}],"versions":["1:5.8-3","1:5.8-3squeeze1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:7","package":"exuberant-ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.9~svn20110310-4+deb7u1"}]}],"versions":["1:5.9~svn20110310-4"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-6.1.mga3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-7.1.mga4"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-7.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-7.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-7.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"exuberant-ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1:5.9~svn20110310-6","1:5.9~svn20110310-7"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"exuberant-ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1:5.9~svn20110310-6","1:5.9~svn20110310-7"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"openSUSE:Tumbleweed","package":"ctags","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8-8.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"canonical","product":"ubuntu_linux"},{"vendor":"debian","product":"debian_linux"},{"vendor":"debian","product":"exuberant_ctags"},{"vendor":"mageia","product":"mageia"}],"references":[{"url":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2371-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3042","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742605","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Issue Tracking","evidence","report"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:178","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred","Broken Link","advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/40","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","advisory","article"]},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7204"},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/791"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5p88-49h5-82pm"},{"url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2014-7204","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7204","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14277","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140349.html","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162097-1/","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/899486","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/976920","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7204","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7204","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2371-1","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7204","tags":["report"]},{"url":"","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2014-7204","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2014-10-07T14:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T12:40:19.257Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:46.955592Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2014-7078","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2014-10-07T14:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T12:40:19Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:56:55.992719Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-5p88-49h5-82pm","title":"jscript.c in Exuberant Ctags 5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite...","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T03:49:35Z","modified":"2025-04-12T12:40:26Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:01:18.899916Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2014-7204","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2014-10-07T14:55:08.25Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:14:33.727Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-399"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:02:56.266125Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2014-7204","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2014-10-07T14:55:08.25Z","modified":"2026-11-03T06:30:04.845197621Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T06:41:39.834803Z"},{"id":"CVE-2014-7204","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2014-10-07T14:55:08Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:16:41.379075541Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:59.654289Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7204","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2014-10-07T14:55:08.25Z","modified":"2026-10-23T15:47:34.873925086Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:26.134753Z"},{"id":"DLA-69-1","title":"exuberant-ctags - security update","status":"published","published":"2014-10-03T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T02:09:17.453468Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:13.207219Z"},{"id":"DSA-3042-1","title":"exuberant-ctags - security update","status":"published","published":"2014-10-04T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:18:23.997325Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:15.843838Z"},{"id":"MGASA-2014-0415","title":"Updated ctags package fixes security vulnerability","description":"A denial of service issue was discovered in ctags 5.8. A remote attacker could\ncause excessive CPU usage and disk space consumption via a crafted JavaScript\nfile by triggering an infinite loop (CVE-2014-7204).\n","status":"published","published":"2014-10-23T13:27:57Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:28.658032545Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:39.488462Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:10296-1","title":"ctags-5.8-8.1 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the ctags-5.8-8.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:07:02.957289Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:33.135986Z"},{"id":"SUSE-SU-2016:2097-1","title":"Security update for ctags","description":"\nThis update for ctags fixes the following issues:\n\n- CVE-2014-7204: Potential denial of service (infinite loop and CPU and disk\n  consumption) via a crafted JavaScript file. (bsc#899486)\n- Missing Requires(post) on coreutils as it is using rm(1). (bsc#976920)\n","status":"published","published":"2016-08-18T09:52:38Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:34:37.415621Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:43.438985Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7204","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2014-10-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:27:06.186674Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:54:09.378953Z"},{"id":"USN-2371-1","title":"exuberant-ctags vulnerability","description":"It was discovered that Exuberant Ctags incorrectly handled certain minified\njs files. An attacker could use this issue to possibly cause Exuberant\nCtags to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.\n","status":"published","published":"2014-10-08T16:44:38Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:50Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:09.227524Z"}]}}