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jscript.c in Exuberant Ctags 5.8 allows remote attackers...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 12, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 7, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Apr 12, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(85th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2014-7204

GHSA ID

GHSA-5p88-49h5-82pm

Source code

No known source code

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