CVE-2014-7204 (GCVE-0-2014-7204)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-10-07 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 12:40
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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