Is CVE-2014-9637 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-9637 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-9637?

CVE-2014-9637 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-9637?

CVE-2014-9637 has an EPSS score of 2.28% (81th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9637?

Upgrade patch on debian 11 to 2.7.1-7 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-9637

MEDIUMEPSS 81th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-399Resource Management Errors

How to fix

Remediation Available

patchDebian

Fixed in:2.7.1-7CVE-2014-9637

patchUbuntu

Fixed in:2.7.1-4ubuntu2.3USN-2651-1

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

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch8

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.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 2026-05-13.