CVE-2014-9556

Exp

Integer overflow in the qtmd_decompress function in libmspack 0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted CAB file, which triggers an infinite loop.

Published: 2015-02-03 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9556 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.10%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-9556

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9556

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 2026-05-02 1.29% 1.10% -0.18%
2 2025-04-13 1.18% 1.29% +0.11%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.18% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9556

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-2014-9556

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9556

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9556 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (cabextract, libmspack), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9556
suse medium CVE-2014-9556 severity moderate: SUSE including 32 source package names (cabextract-1.2-2.12.1, libmspack, …), 77 product×package rows across 58 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (58 product lines)): Fixed 65, Known Not Affected 12. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9556/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9556 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (cabextract, libmspack), 40 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 25, ignored 9, released 4, DNE 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9556

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9556

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libmspack_project libmspack 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:libmspack_project:libmspack:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9556

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