Is CVE-2014-7204 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-7204 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-7204?

CVE-2014-7204 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-7204?

CVE-2014-7204 has an EPSS score of 4.28% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7204?

Upgrade exuberant-ctags on debian 11 to 1:5.9~svn20110310-8 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-7204

MEDIUMEPSS 90th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-399Resource Management Errors

How to fix

Remediation Available

exuberant-ctagsDebian

Fixed in:1:5.9~svn20110310-8CVE-2014-7204

exuberant-ctagsUbuntu

Fixed in:1:5.9~svn20110310-7ubuntu0.1USN-2371-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

sourceforge.net

Exploit1

bugs.debian.org

Third-Party Advisory4

Other references1

mandriva.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2009-3103	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2009-0075	High	9.3	85%	-	-
CVE-2005-1790	Low	2.6	83%	-	-
CVE-2010-0806	High	8.8	82%	KEV	-
CVE-2009-2526	High	7.8	82%	-	-
CVE-2015-1868	High	7.8	82%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.