{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8625","details":"Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:54:16.952763Z","published":"2015-01-20T15:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-8625"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8625"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8625"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dpkg","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dpkg@1.17.5ubuntu5.8+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.16.12ubuntu1","1.17.1ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu2","1.17.5ubuntu3","1.17.5ubuntu4","1.17.5ubuntu5","1.17.5ubuntu5.1","1.17.5ubuntu5.2","1.17.5ubuntu5.3","1.17.5ubuntu5.4","1.17.5ubuntu5.5","1.17.5ubuntu5.6","1.17.5ubuntu5.7","1.17.5ubuntu5.8","1.17.5ubuntu5.8+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"dpkg","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.8+esm1"},{"binary_name":"dselect","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.8+esm1"},{"binary_name":"libdpkg-perl","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.8+esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8625.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}