CVE-2014-9474

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: October 10, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147737.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147745.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71542

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2013-December/003267.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Not Applicable

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-06

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147737.html