CVE-2014-9472

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The email gateway in RT (aka Request Tracker) 3.0.0 through 4.x before 4.0.23 and 4.2.x before 4.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and disk consumption) via a crafted email.

Affected products

Best Practical Request Tracker: 3.6.8, 3.6.10, 3.6.11, 3.8.3, 3.8.4, 3.8.7 (+42)
Debian Linux: 7.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 21, 22

References

http://blog.bestpractical.com/2015/02/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154213.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154047.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3176
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72832
http://blog.bestpractical.com/2015/02/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154213.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154047.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3176
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72832

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