CVE-2014-9274 — UnRTF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a file containing the string "{\cb-999999999"

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HIGH

UnRTF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a file containing the string "{\cb-999999999"

Published Dec 9, 2014

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 5.83%

Description

UnRTF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a file containing the string "{\cb-999999999".

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

5.83% 0.05826

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.05826

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	5.83% (0.05826)	92.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.83% (0.05826)	92.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	5.67% (0.05672)	89.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	8.44% (0.08444)	86.98th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 19, 2025	5.67% (0.05672)	89.19th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	4.27% (0.04271)	88.08th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	8.77% (0.08769)	94.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	6.64% (0.06642)	94.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 4, 2024	5.68% (0.05682)	93.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 16, 2023	5.65% (0.05647)	92.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	6.01% (0.06013)	92.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	7.54% (0.07544)	92.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	7.54% (0.07544)	92.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	7.54% (0.07544)	81.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (10)

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0533.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147399.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/62811
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3158
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:007
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/15
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71430
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170233
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-unrtf/2014-11/msg00001.html
mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-06
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Link	Providers	Tags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0533.html		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147399.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/62811		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3158		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:007		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/15		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71430		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170233		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-unrtf/2014-11/msg00001.html		mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-06		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 9, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Dec 4, 2014

Link CVE-2014-9274

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-9274

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-9274