CVE-2014-7204

Exp

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 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-7204 is rated High Exploit Risk (68/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.28%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.55% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-7204

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7204

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.73% 4.28% +1.55%
2 2026-05-26 3.20% 2.73% -0.47%
3 2026-05-13 — 3.20% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7204

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-7204

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-7204

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2014-7204: 1 source package rows (ctags); 11 state rows across 11 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 11, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2014-7204
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-7204 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (exuberant-ctags), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7204
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7204
suse low CVE-2014-7204 severity low: SUSE including 7 source package names (ctags, ctags-2013.10.2-0.3.3.1, …), 32 product×package rows across 30 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, … (30 product lines)): Fixed 25, Known Not Affected 7. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7204/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-7204 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (exuberant-ctags), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): released 3, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7204

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7204

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian exuberant_ctags 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:debian:exuberant_ctags:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mageia mageia 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mageia mageia 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7204

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