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Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 20, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

5.589%
(93rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2014-8625

GHSA ID

GHSA-rg28-4v7w-vh73

Source code

No known source code

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