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CVE-2014-9474

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9474 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the mpfr_strtofr function of GNU MPFR versions prior to 3.1.2-p11, stemming from incorrect documentation for mpn_set_str. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity score of 9.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpfr:gnu_mpfr:*:p10:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0429 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportFixed in: mpfr-0:3.1.1-4.el7_9.2
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mpfr

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9474Important

mpfr: buffer overflow in mpfr_strtofr

Dec 16, 2013

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147737.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147745.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
gforge.inria.fr / scm/viewvc.php/mpfr
Third Party Advisory
gmplib.org / list-archives/gmp-bugs/2013-December/003267.html
Not Applicable
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201512-06
Third Party Advisory
mpfr.org / mpfr-3.1.2/patch11
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/12
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/71542
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry