CVE-2014-9474

Published: Oct 10, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the mpfr_strtofr function in GNU MPFR before 3.1.2-p11 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to incorrect documentation for mpn_set_str.

Affected (1)

Products: Mpfr: Gnu Mpfr

Mpfr

1 product

Gnu Mpfr

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mpfr Gnu Mpfr	Up to 3.1.2

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147737.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147745.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.2/patch11

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/12

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71542

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171701

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://gforge.inria.fr/scm/viewvc.php/mpfr?revision=9243&view=revision

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2013-December/003267.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Not Applicable

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-06

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147737.html