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.
Published: 2014-10-07
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 3.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-69-1 exuberant-ctags security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3042-1 exuberant-ctags security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-7078 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2371-1 Exuberant Ctags vulnerability
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02725}

epss

{'score': 0.03198}


Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux Exuberant Ctags
Mageia Mageia
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T12:40:19.257Z

Reserved: 2014-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-7204

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-07T14:55:08.250

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-7204

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-03-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-7204 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses