CVE-2014-9482

Use-after-free vulnerability in dwarfdump in libdwarf 20130126 through 20140805 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Published: 2018-01-16 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9482 is rated Moderate Risk (55.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.24%). EPSS rose +1.74% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9482

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 0.50% 2.24% +1.74%
2 2026-04-17 0.69% 0.50% -0.19%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.69% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9482

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9482

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9482

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2014-9482 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dwarfutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9482
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9482
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9482 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dwarfutils), 13 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 8, not-affected 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9482

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9482

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libdwarf_project libdwarf >= 2013-01-26, <= 2014-08-05 cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9482

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/31/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/14 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71839 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178725 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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