patch: local denial of service with a crafted patch
Published Aug 25, 2017
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.36%
Description
GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 20
- 21
Configuration 3
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
patch
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
patch
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
patch
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | patch | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | patch | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | patch | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.36% (0.02361) | 83.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 2.36% (0.02361) | 83.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 4.21% (0.04205) | 90.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 2.36% (0.02361) | 82.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 4.21% (0.04205) | 90.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 2.36% (0.02361) | 82.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 4.21% (0.04205) | 90.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 2.36% (0.02361) | 82.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 4.17% (0.04171) | 90.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.28% (0.02280) | 80.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.38% (0.00378) | 57.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01110) | 85.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 0.84% (0.00836) | 82.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 10, 2024 | 0.84% (0.00836) | 80.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 5, 2023 | 0.59% (0.00590) | 75.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 5, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00500) | 73.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 70.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 14, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 70.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00576) | 74.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0068.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154214.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148953.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72286 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9637 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185262 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=0c08d7a902c6fdd49b704623a12d8d672ef18944 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9637
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44051 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9637
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